Top 182 Pillar Quotes & Sayings

The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'.

In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

To give to those in need is a central pillar of Islam.

For my boyhood's friend hath fallen, the pillar of my trust, The true, the wise, the beautiful, is sleeping in the dust.

I'd like to be a wounded leading man. Instead of a pillar of strength, I'd be the scared one.

No, there is nothing on the face of the earth that can, for a moment, bear a comparison with Christianity as a religion for man. Upon this the hope of the race hangs. From the very first, it took its position, as the pillar of fire, to lead the race onward. The intelligence and power of the race are with those who have embraced it; and now, if this, instead of proving indeed a pillar of fire from God, should be found but a delusive meteor, then nothing will be left to the race but to go back to a darkness that may be felt, and to a worse than Egyptian bondage.

I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.

My parents, especially my mother, has been my pillar of strength.

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.

Along with my will power, it was my parents who stood by me like a pillar of strength in my most challenging phase of life.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.

While I cannot be regarded as a pillar, I must be regarded as a buttress of the church, because I support it from outside.

This is a time of great change in the world but America's always been a pillar of strength and a beacon of hope to peoples around the globe and that's what it must continue to be.

In our time producers were the main pillar of any show.

Look at the way sports, music and film have become driving forces of popular culture. Fashion is the fourth pillar.

A secure retirement is one of the pillars of middle class life. For all too many Americans, however, that pillar needs more support.

China has set its cultural industries as pillar industries.

My mom was a pillar of support to my father in his theatre endeavors.

The UPA's strategy of 'inclusive growth' remains the foundational pillar of economically, politically, and socially sustainable development.

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.

One pillar to wealth is having residual income.

Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.

Forest management is a pillar of rural communities.

Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend.

We should use every pillar of American power to destroy ISIS.

Episcopalians have always preferred the flying buttress to the pillar of the church.

The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of the country, and to the stability of its political system.

If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.

Roxanne Quimby wanted money and power, and I was just a pillar on the way to that success.

It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.

The main pillar of my activity is making clothes, but this can never be the perfect and only vehicle of expression.

The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night.

Universal health care is, for me, the most sacred part, the most important pillar, of British citizenship.

The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the countrys constitution as the fundamental pillar of society.

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.

Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat.

Now, the other pillar of Israeli power - Western support and complicity - is starting to crack. We must do all we can to push it over.

The central pillar of our justice system is due process. You have got to be charged with a crime. Then you can challenge those charges in a court of law with a trial.

The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japans brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.

I can never forget my early days, when I was running from pillar to post to get chance to exhibit my prowess at higher level, but no one was ready to give me a break.

Good, healthy democratic societies are built on three pillars: there's peace and stability, economic development, and respect for rule of law and human rights. But often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

My mother was my pillar of strength.

Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family.

The fidelity of the United States to security treaties is not just an empty matter. It is a pillar of peace in the world.

Lot, who said to his wife as she was being turned into a pillar of salt, Stop shaking! Never got a dinner!

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Greece is a pillar of peace and security in a region where stabilization is on the growth.

I don't know who described Mahathir [bin Mohamad] as a pillar of the Commonwealth, but they don't know what they're talking about.

The U.S. corporate media, otherwise known as the "free press," is that hollow pillar on which contemporary American democracy rests.

Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people.

How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.

I mean, I am pretty fabulous. Am I not?' 'You're a pillar of fabulosity in the community,' I tell him.

Our partnership has been built on four pillars The first pillar is peace. The second pillar is freedom. The third pillar is respect. The fourth pillar is cooperation.

Opposition to social change is but one pillar of contemporary Republicanism.

Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture.

In many countries, IT is a pillar of growth and attracts a lot more competitive talent.

A lot of pubs in London are now faceless, expensive yuppy bars. Not like when I was growing up. The pub used to be, and should be, the pillar of community.