Quotes About Necessity

As Napoleon Hill said, necessity may be the mother of invention but it is also the father of crime.

and he kills without fear, or anger, or hate, with regret even, simply because its necessary. That's rare, and it's rare still among the really first-rate. God help the enemy that finally frightens him or makes him mad.

Some things we never know we need until we find them.

It was for the best. So Nature had no choice but to do it.

What is "eternal" fame? Emptiness. Then what should we work for? Only this: proper understanding; unselfish action; truthful speech. A resolve to accept whatever happens as necessary and familiar, flowing like water from that same source and spring.

Ve?ina onoga što govorimo i što ?inimo nepotrebno je - ukloni površnost i imat ?eš više vremena i manje briga. Stoga bi svatko, u svakoj prilici, trebao sebe podsjetiti: ''Je li ovo, ili nije, nešto neophodno ?'' Uklanjanje nepotrebnoga trebalo bi primijeniti ne samo na djela nego i na misli - tada ne bi dolazilo do suvišnih djela.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Why hyphenate, why parenthesize, unless absolutely necessary?

She's been a distraction for him, but not a necessity of life. More like a super-strong mint: intense while it lasted, but quickly finished.

realizing wryly that almost anything was possible when necessity drove.

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.

Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.

Many of the technologies we've invented are necessary to keep 6.5 billion people alive. We can't go back from that, so we need to decarbonize really rapidly.

We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things that are difficult to be known are not necessary.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, 'Is this necessary?'

We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beer.

Strano l'amore, è catalogato tra i sentimenti, eppure per l'esistenza della vita è necessario quanto l'aria e l'acqua e ce ne accorgiamo solo quando manca, perché per fortuna, proprio come l'aria e l'acqua c'è bene o male sempre. Al massimo ce n'è poco, ma è quando manca davvero che la vita si spegne.

One rarely knows where to begin the search for meaning, though by necessity, we can only start where we are.

Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful.

Find a way to make beauty necessary; find a way to make necessity beautiful. There are places that claim you and places that warn you away. Silence is the response to both emptiness and fullness.

To use the skills nature had given you was necessary, as a horse must run, or a bird must fly. It