Quotes about Sanctity

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. Votes: 6

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life. Votes: 6

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous. Votes: 6

Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less. Votes: 6

There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. Votes: 6

Stem cell research must be carried out in an ethical manner in a way that respects the sanctity of human life. Votes: 6

The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought. Votes: 6

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being. Votes: 6

In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion. Votes: 6

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful. Votes: 6

I believe in the sanctity of marriage. Votes: 4

People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell. Votes: 4

The greatest barrier to evangelization today is bad example....Our strategy of evangelization must be based upon sanctity, upon our enthusiastic response to Christ's universal call to holiness. Votes: 4

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage. Votes: 4

To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity. Votes: 4

To the highest leadership among women it is given to hold steadily in one hand the sacred vessels that hold the ancient sanctities of life, and in the other a flaming torch to light the way for oncoming generations. Votes: 4

They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved! Votes: 4

Business is not the supreme virtue, and sanctity is not measured by the amount of work we accomplish. Perfection is found in the purity of our love for God, and this pure love is a delicate plant that grows best where there is plenty of time for it to mature Votes: 4

The free world has need that its foreign policies should fairly measure the realities of the world in which we live. There are certain principles to which we hold: the sanctity of treaties, good faith between nations, the interdependence of peoples from which no country, however powerful, can altogether escape. Votes: 4

I am convinced that the human heart hungers for constancy. In forfeiting the sanctity of sex by casual, nondiscriminato ry "making out" and "sleeping around," we forfeit something we cannot well do without. There is dullness, monotony, sheer boredom in all of life when virginity and purity are no longer protected and prized. Votes: 4

An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say. Votes: 4

Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him the best of ourselves. This is what the saints have always done, spreading the light of the Lord ... and transforming the world into a welcoming home for everyone. Votes: 4

Sanctity and genius are as rebellious as vice. Votes: 3

Now that the Sanctity and Holiness of heterosexual marriage has been destroyed, are they going to cancel The Bachelor? Votes: 3

Call it the Absolute, the Ideal, Perfection, Sanctity, Decency, or what you will, but strive toward it or you will smother in the morass. Votes: 3

We are insane. That is what sin is. Sanctity is identitical with sanity. It means living the truth, living in reality. Sin always substitutes unreality for reality. Votes: 3

I believe in the sanctity of human life, from the womb to the tomb. Votes: 2

My music has a very spiritual background, a sanctity that is almost like worship. Votes: 2

Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion. Votes: 2

We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage. Votes: 2

There is no religion that was founded on intolerance - and no religion that does not value the sanctity of human life. Votes: 2

There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won't become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions. Votes: 2

Indeed, no one does more injury in the church than he who acts perversely and yet has the name and order of sanctity. Votes: 2

Instead of the traditional emphasis on the sanctity of life, bioethics began to stress the quality of life, meaning that many damaged humans, young and old, don't qualify for personhood because their lives have lost value. Votes: 2

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. Votes: 2

Dick Armey is an economic conservative. He is not a social conservative. He doesn't like to talk about marriage and about the unborn child, the sanctity of life and things like that. He wants to talk about smaller government. Votes: 2

In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation. Votes: 2

The Left despises Texas, with its stellar record of job growth; Texas, with its strong support for traditional marriage and the sanctity of life; Texas, the root of the conservative tree. Should the Left succeed in its attempt to turn Texas purple, America could turn permanently blue. Votes: 2

And let me make this very clear - unlike President Obama, I will not raise taxes on the middle class. As president, I will protect the sanctity of life. I will honor the institution of marriage. And I will guarantee America's first liberty: the freedom of religion. Votes: 2

The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues - probity, kindness, hard work, sympathy for the down-trodden, the sanctity of domestic life - even as his novels exposed the violence, hypocrisy, greed, and cruelty of the Victorian age. Votes: 2

Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own. Votes: 2

We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn't considered morbid or antisocial. But that's totally gone. Votes: 2

If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead, they should tell Americans that they believe in the dignity and value of every human being, from the defenseless unborn child, to the newborn with a disability, to the 90-year-old dealing with dementia. Votes: 2

Indu'd With sanctity of reason. Votes: 0

Perfectionism doesn't have much to do with sanctity. Votes: 0

I'm a cat. I respect the sanctity of sleep. Votes: 0

I took action as governor to preserve the sanctity of life. Votes: 0

Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity. Votes: 0

Liberalism downplays certain of our moral senses: loyalty, authority, and sanctity. Votes: 0

The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety. Votes: 0

... true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity. Votes: 0

Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom. Votes: 0

There can be no spirituality, no sanctity, no truth without the female sex. Votes: 0

Poetry, like sanctity, is the orchestration of multiple attributes into vast, compelling wholes." Votes: 0

Poetry, like sanctity, is the orchestration of multiple attributes into vast, compelling wholes. Votes: 0

How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals? Votes: 0

A sanctity hangs about the sources of our being, whether physical, social, or imaginary. Votes: 0

...the single destination of sanctity could admit of so many different avenues leading to it. Votes: 0

Society was the only threat to the sanctity of selfhood: an unpatroned library was an orderly library. Votes: 0

Christians should be like a flower store: the odor of sanctity should betray them wherever they are. Votes: 0

As a Christian, I believe in the sanctity of life and that death is a part of life. Votes: 0

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity. Votes: 0

The traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments. Votes: 0

Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind. Votes: 0

The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption. Votes: 0

The simplest and most effective way to sanctity is to disappear into the background of ordinary every day routine. Votes: 0

The chiefest sanctity of a temple is that it is a place to which men go to weep in common. Votes: 0

The recognition of the sanctity of the life of every man is the first and only basis of all morality. Votes: 0

New Testament gospels are traditionally accorded a cultural sanctity and lofty regard completely out of line with their literary worth. Votes: 0

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity. Votes: 0

All men are naturally included to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity. Votes: 0

[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals. Votes: 0

In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity. Votes: 0

My job is to ensure the sanctity of this House. Ensuring the sanity of its Master seemed like a good start. Votes: 0

The sanctity of law can be maintained only so long as it is the expression of the will of the people. Votes: 0

The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. Votes: 0

Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity. Votes: 0

I guess I was raised in a household with a lot of reverence for the physical sanctity of books. You didn't destroy books. Votes: 0

Every war, when viewed from the undistorted perspective of life’s sanctity, is a “civil war” waged by humanity against itself. Votes: 0

The IRA sending a message of sympathy to America is like Jack the Ripper giving us a lesson in the sanctity of human life. Votes: 0

a truth our socetiy must not lose sight of and that is the sanctity of every human life and the dignity of every indvidual Votes: 0

What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth. Votes: 0

Did something happen to the sanctity of your church again?" My eye twitched. "Newt broke it so she could look in my closet." Again. Votes: 0

I do believe in the sanctity of marriage. ...But I don't see that as conflict with being a tolerant person or an understanding person. Votes: 0

At some point in this death-penalty debate, the sanctity of innocent life demands that men and women of conservative conscience have to say: Enough. Votes: 0

Lionel Johnson comes the first to mind, That loved his learning better than mankind, Though courteous to the worst; much falling he Brooded upon sanctity.... Votes: 0

Listening to liberals invoke the sanctity of "science" to promote their crackpot ideas creates the same uneasy feeling as listening to Bill Clinton cite Scripture. Votes: 0

The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say." Votes: 0

But that is all prayer requires: faith, hope, and love. Great holiness, or piety, or sanctity are not required. Prayer is a road to holiness. Votes: 0

The only thing that counts is the right to know, to speak, to think - that, and the sanctity of the courts. Otherwise it's not America. Votes: 0

I don't know why some people get worked up about gay people marrying. It's not gay people who are ruining the sanctity of marriage, it's celebrities. Votes: 0

The perfection of a Christian consists in mortifying his will for the love of Christ. Where there is no great mortification, there is no great sanctity. Votes: 0

It's so difficult to write good music. It's also really difficult to think about how to do it without violating the sanctity of the fourth wall. Votes: 0

We are in a new Civil War, and just like the last, it is a struggle for the sanctity of the Union - and it's hardly civil. Votes: 0

Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well. Votes: 0

If Republicans truly are dedicated to the sanctity of life, they should be the first ones on the front lines trying to get policies for the uninsured. Votes: 0

I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues. Votes: 0

The religious doctrine of traditional Judaism entails the acceptance of the nationhood of the Jewish people and the everlasting sanctity of the Land of Israel for them. Votes: 0

My wife had a miscarriage. We have rarely talked about it. It did make me more aware of the sanctity of human life, how precious every child is. Votes: 0

Every piece of legislation which came to my desk in the coming years as the governor, I came down on the side of preserving the sanctity of life. Votes: 0

George Bush says that gay people getting married would violate the sanctity of marriage. Is anybody here married? Does it feel like a gift from God to you? Votes: 0

My greatest concern is that Mitt Romney seldom addresses the social issues publicly... I'm referring to the sanctity of human life, the traditional definition of marriage, and religious liberty. Votes: 0

Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for them to admire everyone else. Votes: 0

I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest. Votes: 0

But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests me is being a man. Votes: 0

Because of my upbringing, I believe in things like limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal accountability. I believe in the wisdom of our founders and the sanctity of our Constitution. Votes: 0

We don't make a distinction between civilians and non-civilians, innocents and non-innocents. Only between Muslims and unbelievers. And the life of an unbeliever has no value. It has no sanctity. Votes: 0

My prayer is that what we have gone through [World War One] will startle the world into some new realization of the sanctity of life, animal as well as human. Votes: 0

Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible-from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius [of] our scientists... Votes: 0

I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest? Votes: 0

Men need history; it helps them to have an idea of who they are. But history, like sanctity, can reside in the heart; it is enough that there is something there. Votes: 0

Love is large; love defies limits. People talk about the sanctity of love -- love is by definition sacred. Not some love between some people, but all love between all people. Votes: 0

Jesus asked the Father for his disciples' security, sanctity and unity. Jesus still intercedes for us so fervently because we live in a world that is deceived, dangerous, defiled and divided. Votes: 0

There is no one harder to live with than an artist. Therefore an artist is a real gift because he or she raises the sanctity of everyone else in the community. Votes: 0

It is love and friendship, the sanctity and celebration of our relationships, that not only support a good life, but create one. Through friendships, we spark and inspire one another's ambitions. Votes: 0

To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance. Votes: 0

SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Votes: 0

Lo and behold! God made this starry wold, The maggot and the mold; lo and behold! He taught the grass contentment blade by blade, The sanctity of sameness in a shade. Votes: 0

I believe in giving kindness, regardless of how unreasonable and self-centered a person is. Kindness is a gift of sanctity for a person. It has the goal of making the soul smile. Votes: 0

It really is a very radical call ... to reject materialism as our central value and to think about the sanctity of life and what that really means if we take it seriously. Votes: 0

To maintain your integrity, just maintain your words in sanctity, and your works in sincerity. You can't be really trusted when your works of today are standing against your words of yesterday! Votes: 0

Freedom was my first great desire. The second, which remains hidden within me to this day, tormenting me, was the desire for sanctity. Hero together with saint: such is mankind's supreme model. Votes: 0

As a mama and a grandma, I appreciate, understand and absolutely believe in the sanctity of life. But I recognize that there are those tough situations where heartbreaking decisions have to be made. Votes: 0

There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty. Votes: 0

So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the relative incapacity of the rest of mankind, acquired for themselves a reputation for profundity very similar to the reputation for sanctity possessed by theologians. Votes: 0

I was taught from childhood of the sanctity of food. Not a piece of bread could be thrown away without kissing it and raising it to one's eyes as with all things holy. Votes: 0

I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life. Votes: 0

For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self. Votes: 0

Even though a man may be unable to attain such a height of sanctity, he ought to desire it, so as to do at least in desire what he cannot carry out in effect. Votes: 0

The rhythm of my body is the same as my mother tongue. It is in this rhythm where I find sanctity, that I can return to my mother who is everywhere in the universe. Votes: 0

Since the sanctity of the body is so related to the sanctity of sex, why make the body so common? Why expose to the public eye this sacred thing which is the temple of God? Votes: 0

It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men. Votes: 0

Every virtue inclines to stupidity, every stupidity to virtue; "stupid to the point of sanctity," they say in Russia, - let us be careful lest out of pure honesty we eventually become saints and bores! Votes: 0

We have preachers and savants who dilate endlessly on the sanctity of family and childhood but who tolerate a system in which a casual observer can correlate a child's social origin with its physical well-being. Votes: 0

If we want to consider the sanctity of life in deciding what to eat, the choice is clear. Eating a plant based diet causes less harm, to ourselves, to the other animals, to the planet. Votes: 0