A Quote by Henry L. Stimson

Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life.

Henry L. Stimson

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Henry L. Stimson
American - Statesman
September 21, 1867 - October 20, 1950

Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God himself. Prayer begets faith, faith begets love, and love begets service on behalf of the poor.

Mother Teresa

Honor bespeaks worth Confidence begets trust.

James Cash Penney

Fearlessness begets happiness, which begets creativity, which begets innovation, which begets profits.

Ben Chestnut

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

James Cash Penney

There’s faith that knows itself as faith, Proyas, and there’s faith that confuses itself for knowledge. The first embraces uncertainty, acknowledges the mysteriousness of the God. It begets compassion and tolerance. Who can entirely condemn when they’re not entirely certain they’re in the right? But the second, Proyas, the second embraces certainty and only pays lip service to the God’s mystery. It begets intolerance, hatred, violence.

R. Scott Bakker

The Way begets one; one begets two; two begets three; three begets the myriad creatures.

Laozi

Omnis cellula e cellula," he said again. "All cells come from cells. Every cell is born of a previous cell, which was born of a previous cell. Life comes from life. Life begets life begets life begets life begets life.

John Green

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It's natural.

Munshi Premchand

When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship.

Will Durant

I believe in trusting. Trust begets trust. Suspicion is foetid and only stinks. He who trusts has never yet lost in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity.

Charles Stross

If there's anyone who makes you feel badly about yourself or anything that's bringing you down, you don't need it in your life. Negativity begets negativity, but positivity begets positivity.