#derive

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ↗

— Confucius

#derives #integrity #nation #strength

In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke. ↗

— Ville Valo

#almost #asks #band #death #derives

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#balance #considerations #day #derives #die

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#am #ancestors #cultural #derive #feeling

Words derive their power from the original word. ↗

— Meister Eckhart

#original #power #their #word #words

Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#based #consent #democracy #derives #fathers

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. ↗

— George Washington

#bought #dearly #derive #errors #experience

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. ↗

— William Godwin

#derived #ever #existed #introspection #mainly

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#life #own #painter #paintings #soul

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. ↗

— Hippocrates

#blessings #consider #derive #greatest #health