Best Common Quotes

Love is the common denominator that unites all people, whatever religion they are.

The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.

It is very common for us to desire most what we are least qualified to obtain.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

My humanity, in common with all of God’s children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.

One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the constitution; the virtue of the citizen must therefore be relative to the constitution of which he is a member.

I think that the best profession or the best thing to do is to be a public servant… I mean there’s nothing better than working for the people – working for the common people out there and being a servant, a public servant, and I have seen this.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity – a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.

For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is the sharing of a common view in these matters that makes a household and a state.

The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve ‘the common good.’ It is true that capitalism does — if that catch-phrase has any meaning — but this is merely a secondary consequence. The moral justification for capitalism lies in the fact that it is the only system consonant with man’s rational nature, that it protects man’s survival qua man, and that its ruling principle is: justice

The desire to serve the common good must without fail be a requisite of the soul, a necessity for personal happiness; if it issuesnot from there, but from theoretical or other considerations, it is not at all the same thing.

Improper breathing is a common cause of ill health.

The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol.

Social media spark a revelation that we, the people, have a voice, and through the democratization of content and ideas we can once again unite around common passions, inspire movements, and ignite change.

When the common good of a society is regarded as something apart from and superior to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men takes precedence over the good of others, with those others consigned to the status of sacrificial animals.

He who is not content to look, like a savage, at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, cannot any longer believe that man is the work of a separate act of creation … Man is the co-descendant with other mammals of a common progenitor.

We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the views of non-believers in an unbiased way. Secular ethics rooted in scientific findings, common experience and common sense can easily be introduced into the secular education system. If we can do that there is a real prospect of making this 21st century an era of peace and compassion.

The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper.

Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

All men of goodwill have this in common – that our works put us to shame.

I am calling for common sense gun safety measures to protect people.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Science, and its impact on a person’s livelihood is the common denominator.

We try to coordinate regularly with Russia, as well as with others – except for the United States – on what is happening in the region. And we’re open to discussing with everybody the situation in Syria, because we believe it’s a common threat.

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.

Common sense is not an issue in politics–it’s an affliction.

Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It’s difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.