Favour Quotes

Favour Quote of the day

What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new breed of South Africans who love their country and love everybody, irrespective of their colour.

When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.

I have outlived that care that curries public favour or dreads the public frown…let the hand of law strike me down if it will, but I ask that my story be heard and considered.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.

Turn your nightmares into your dreams , some dreams don't turn out the way you want them to , then wake up and turn and turn it around in your favour.

Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing the route, knowing the soundness of your ship and the favour of the day.

Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions.

It's now much more 50-50 in favour of Everton.

Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results.

Generosity wins favour for everyone, especially when it is accompanied by modesty.

Lord, let me find my life in thee, and not in the mire of this world's favour or gain.

Delay not; swift the flight of fortune's greatest favours.

In a political fight, when you've got nothing in favour of your side, start a row in the opposition camp.

I am all in favour of spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned and ruthlessly controlled.

I'm in favour of drug tests, just so long as they are multiple choice.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

You don't do anybody any favours by being less than you are.

I am not in favour of quotas. Just put the best person into the job. It is not about gender; it is about experience, leadership and vision.

Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow.

Anyone who opposes methods to control the birth rate, is automatically voting in favour having the death rate go up.

Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified.

There is not a single argument nor a single fact that can be offered in favour of flesh eating that cannot be offered, with equal strength, in favour of cannibalism.

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.

Indeed, truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.

I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way.

Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

I beg the Most High to allow me the favour of the double reward, but if God only finds me worthy of one reward, I will accept it in all humility.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day.

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

Fortune favours the audacious.

The scrum and the tackle are the two really contentious areas of the game. If you get those two aspects right, most rugby matches will work in your favour.

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.

I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.

Life is unfair but remember sometimes it is unfair in your favour.

The purpose of social work should not be to distribute favours, but to restore rights.

I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilized tribes.

He who becomes a Prince through the favour of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is easy for him to do, since all they ask is not to be oppressed

Did you hear charming Karren Brady this morning complaining about sexism? Do me a favour, love.

Love always causes trouble, that's true, but in its favour, it energizes.

We can say what we like without favour or fear and what we can't say we can breathe in your ear

I don't normally do big movies. I'm new to this world. And I've always been afraid that jumping onto a big budget film, you would lose the relationships in favour of special effects.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.

To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.