Greater Quotes
One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much
For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own.
Greetings, I am pleased to see that we are different. May we together become greater than the sum of both of us.
It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.
Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty.
History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.
The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit, to soothe the distracted student's mind, to spiritualize his life.
We are fighting for the right to live as free humans in this society. In fact, we are actually fighting for rights that are even greater than civil rights and that is human rights.
"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"
Sometimes what we deem a failure at the time it happens actually serves to foster a change within us that creates an even greater success down the road.
Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow.
Christ always calls us to life and constantly to greater joy, but rarely does He call us to comfort.
The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.
Language does for intelligence what the wheel does for the feet and the body. It enables them to move from thing to thing with greater ease and speed and ever less involvement.
May Knowledge reshape your lives so that your greater destiny may come into view
I think the inconveniences of a segregated education are much greater than the inconveniences of busing students so that they can get an integrated quality education.
It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.
Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.
I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked.
Have compassion towards each other, including animals. Love and respect every living being on this planet - a key factor to a greater society.
I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself.
To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.
I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met, and I think that I thrive on that.
Men naturally resent it when women take greater liberties in dress than men are allowed.
I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures.
People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.
Some people don't have a family to fall back on, like I have, and that's when something greater than even that comes in, and that's faith and that's what I have for me, that's what keeps me strong.
The larger and more indiscriminate the audience, the greater the need to safeguard and purify standards of quality and taste.
When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor.
Over the last six years, airlines have experienced severe financial pressure to leave smaller communities, making demands on the EAS program even greater.
The one state/two state debate is irrelevant as Israel and the US consolidate Greater Israel.
I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
The power you have over someone who loves you is greater than any other power you'll ever have.
When I get the record, all it will make me is the player with the most hits. I'm also the player with the most at bats and the most outs. I never said I was a greater player than (Ty) Cobb.
