Quotes about Preparatory

Preparatory faith is formed by experiences in the past-by the known, which provides a basis for belief. But redemptive faith must often be exercised toward experiences in the future-the unknown, which provides an opportunity for the miraculous. Votes: 3

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous. Votes: 1

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men. Votes: 1

I enjoy the preparatory elements of travel - packing my bags and choosing my outfits - but my favourite part is getting there. Votes: 1

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous. Votes: 1

To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand. Votes: 1

I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training. Votes: 1

The correct statement of the laws of physics involves some very unfamiliar ideas which require advanced mathematics for their description. Therefore, one needs a considerable amount of preparatory training even to learn what the words mean. Votes: 1

I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science. Votes: 1

This preparatory sort of idealism is the one that, as I just suggested, Berkeley made prominent, and, after a fashion familiar. I must state it in my own way, although one in vain seeks to attain novelty in illustrating so frequently described a view. Votes: 1

The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought. Votes: 1

It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision. Votes: 1

predilection, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion. Votes: 0

We make a mistake to condescend to the past as if it were preparatory to our own time. Votes: 0

A consultation process is what some authority sets in motion preparatory to doing what it intended all along. Votes: 0

I tried for about two semesters in a preparatory seminary. But I was about 15 and didn't fully understand what a vocation means. Votes: 0

The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor. Votes: 0

Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity Votes: 0

Being is primary and doing is secondary for them. Celebration comes first and work takes a back seat in their lives. Work is preparatory to celebration. Votes: 0

Every premeditated murder is always governed by a preparatory ceremonial and is always followed by a propitiatory ceremonial. The meaning of both eludes the murderers mind. Votes: 0

It was when I entered the military preparatory school and put on its uniform, that a feeling of strength came to me, as if I had become master of my own destiny. Votes: 0