Greater Quotes
Taking a step without knowing the end result is the only way we develop faith and not only this, it's a practice that connects us with a power greater than ourselves.
If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with others greater and better in every way than we are.
Our sacrifice is greater than his," cried Rilla passionately. "Our boys give only themselves. We give them.
No nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation of Canada.
Surely there is no greater garden for human-nature study than the flotsam and jetsam of the hospital.
The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.
What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?
I know that Buddhism is to Hinduism what Protestantism is to Roman Catholicism, only in a much stronger light, to a much greater degree.
To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa.
A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.
I see a clear breach of ahimsa even in driving away monkeys; the breach would be proportionately greater if they have to be killed.
If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.
Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.
I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence of a greater being I call God.
It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.
La possession de ce qu'on aime est une joie plus grande encore que l'amour. Possessing what one loves is an even greater joy than love itself.
You exist but as a part inherent in a greater whole. Do not live as though you had a thousand years before you. The common due impends; while you live, and while you may, be good.
The devil makes small sins seem smaller in our eyes, for otherwise he can't lead us to greater evil.
Keeping even the most humble talent wrapped in a napkin becomes the more reprehensible the greater the emergency.
We must bear in mind the possibility that the greater opportunities open in the twentieth century to women may be quite withdrawn, and that we may return to stricter regimentation of women.
There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.
The crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.
When the heart is pierced, there is pain, yes, but also an invitation to a greater becoming.
Hopefully, I will emerge more shining. If I have that good fortune, if I am blessed in that way - and I do feel I am in the middle of the blessing - then I have faith my service will be greater.
I am persuaded that the greater part of our complaints arise from want of exercise.
For we must bear in mind that the greater number of garden pictures known to us are taken from tombs.
Enthusiasm is contagious - so is a lack of it. Joyless Christians are a greater assault on the gospel than atheism.
Your seventh wife, Phileros, is now being buried in your field. No man's field brings him greater profit than yours, Phileros.
I compare it with a lie, which like to a snowball, the longer it is rolled the greater it becomes.
The share of wealth held by the minority is much greater than the share held by the majority. We have to draw our own conclusions from that and it has to change.
advocating women's rights and greater opportunity for women in the workplace and in every avenue of public life is inconsistent with an insistence on mother taking care of children and housework.
A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language.
I participated in many different rituals, but for me, I'm very spiritual and I believe that there's definitely be a greater force that defines us and leads us. For sure. No question for me.
The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.
Being from a classical environment, I've always been provoked by classical musicians thinking that classical music is so much greater art than pop. I've always been annoyed by that.
God gives me hope that there is something greater than us, something better and bigger than the here and now, that can help us live.
The choice of a mate is crucial because no one has a greater influence on our spiritual lives.