quote by Nadia Boulanger

To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.

— Nadia Boulanger

Courageous Guideline quotations

The #1 guideline to success is you must be in business for yourself.

When you work for someone else, you sell your time at wholesale to your employer, who then re-sells it at retail to the customer.

Hang that question up in your houses, "What would Jesus do?" and then think of another, "How would Jesus do it?" for what he would do, and how he would do it, may always stand as the best guide to us.

It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

We must recall the most important of humanity guidelines: Be polite.

Being polite is possibly the greatest daily contribution everyone can make to life on Earth.

Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.

Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book... By role-playing, we were in control, and our characters... wandered through places of danger, their destinies, ostensibly, within our grasp.

According to Ayurvedic principles, by understanding oneself, by identifying one's own constitution, and by recognizing sources of doshic aggravation, one can not only follow the proper guidelines to cleanse, purify, and prevent disease, but also uplift oneself into a realm of awareness previously unknown.

It was a good opportunity to show the Reds the guidelines on the catwalk.

My stuff is my stuff. I do it for my own reasons, using my own peculiar set of guidelines. I'm not a student of the genre. I don't care what anybody else does.

The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward.

By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory minimum sentences. In too many cases, mandatory minimum sentences are unwise and unjust.

And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.

I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me.

And as long as I stick to that, I don't think I'll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress.

A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'

The Bible reveals the Father's overall plan for the world and provides general guidelines for life. But how can we know His specific plans for us? Listening to God is essential to walking with God.

Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity.

There is no such thing as an average person.

They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations.

Simplicity and order are, if not the principal, then certainly the most important guidelines for human beings in general.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.

EPA gets to set a standard for new. For the existing, EPA sets guidelines for what we think is appropriate, but then states develop plans that work for them, taking into consideration their specific energy mix.

My guideline has always been to avoid a focus on me personally.

Not because of any deep, dark secrets. Rather just a sense of privacy.

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

Contrary to a common myth, while there are general guidelines, there is no exact 'right' way to run ... I am amazed by the many ways people move forward.

Mandatory sentencing guidelines have become as complicated and detailed as the IRS code!

We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore.

If you look at a lot of traditional societies, they're all organized along what we might call anarchist guidelines, but it's not like the Zapatistas were reading European social theory.

We live in a complex world. There are many forces calling out, 'Love me.' A sure way to set our guidelines for that which we choose to serve and learn to love is to follow the admonition of Joshua: 'As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

I'm completely taken and impressed by the planning authority of Singapore and its Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It's the most cutting-edge agency in the world. They have very effective guidelines for development, and they review design as it evolves.

Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55.

The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.

History provides no precise guidelines.