Privilege Quotes

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Smile, laughter and meditation are all privileges of human life.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love… then make that day count!

No man who is not willing to bear arms and to fight for his rights can give a good reason why he should be entitled to the privilege of living in a free community.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

A person who values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than raising of the next generation.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand;

it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege.

'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.

Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality.

Survival is a privilege which entails obligations.

I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived.

No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take the privilege of our citizenship for granted.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned.

A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do.

I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization.

To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the best of America.

I was brought up in a world of privilege.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

To be born in Wales, not with a silver spoon in your mouth, but, with music in your blood and with poetry in your soul, is a privilege indeed.

I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.

Do not regret growing older. It's a privilege denied to many.

The better you look, the more you see.

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid ... Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.

The war to preserve the privilege of mythmaking

What a privilege it is to be an American!

But love, like the sun that it is, sets afire and melts everything.

what greed and privilege to build up over whole centuries the indignation of a pious spirit, with its natural following of oppressed souls, will cast down with a single shove.

But if I had committed a breach of privilege, it was the privilege of the Senate, and not of this House, which was violated. I was answerable there and not here.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President.

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.