Foundation Quotes

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.

Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.

The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.

Definitions are the foundation of reason. You can't reason without them.

The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families.

And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.

The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.

What's well begun is half done.

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society.

It has been said by a certain general, that the first object in the establishment of an army ought to be making provision for the belly, that being the basis and foundation of all operations.

You long for success? Start at the bottom; dig down.

Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in all the combinations of human society.

Relationships are the foundation of leadership.

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can't grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

What we call real estate--the solid ground to build a house on--is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy.