Observe Quotes

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
Benjamin Franklin

Family, Lives, While

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Confucius

Cannot, Means, Himself

Observe all men, thyself most.
Benjamin Franklin

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
George Washington

Faith, Peace, Good

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.
Henry David Thoreau

Life, Time, Beautiful

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
Napoleon Hill

Reality, Thought, Beginning

You can observe a lot by just watching.
Yogi Berra

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
Will Rogers

Politics, Party, Worse

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
Sai Baba

Nature, God, Night

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Marcus Aurelius

Everything, Find, Happens

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
Marcus Aurelius

Change, Nature, Nothing

You can observe a lot by watching.
Yogi Berra

You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do.
Renny Harlin

Hard, Give, Else

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
Alice Walker

Making, Holy, Rest

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
Alexander Hamilton

Men, Once, Moderation

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
Pope John Paul II

Life, Love, God

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
T. S. Eliot

Wise, Until, Rules

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Alexander Hamilton

Government, Strong, Neutrality

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
Julius Caesar

Power, Law, Break

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
Richard Dawkins

Good, Design, Evil

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
Benjamin Disraeli

Talk, Genius, Mediocrity

Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
Plutarch

Good, Excellent, Avoiding

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
William Hazlitt

Smart, Why, Fall

Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.
Chinua Achebe

Life, Important, Lives

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis Bacon

Men, Hits, Misses

It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.
Pope John XXIII

Work, Friendly, Her

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Liberty, Whether, Private

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.
William Osler

Alone, Become, Learn

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.
Mason Cooley

Possible, Observing, Interpret

What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.
Werner Heisenberg

Nature, Exposed, Method

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