Greater Quotes
We demand of our political life greater certainty and greater perfection than we demand of our personal life.
It's a wonderful thing to know that there is something to know there is something greater than I am, and that is God itself.
People are too busy putting things under microscopes and so forth. Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.
It is a good success to take people from the city to the forests; but there is a much greater success: To bring the forest to the people, to the cities! To bring heaven to the hell!
Only idiots die for an idea! Life is greater and infinitely more valuable than all the ideas!
A great idea can change the world; but to change the universe, men need even much greater ideas!
An idea can be greater than the Sun, because with an intelligent idea, man can discover the way to create another sun! Idea is the greatest power in this universe!
I judge the people and the nations by their ideals; the higher the ideals, the better the person, the greater the nation.
If a country has a fascist leader, this is a great horror for that country; but there is much greater horror: The existence of ignorant and unethical masses who support that primitive leader!
Seek not a lighthouse greater than the human mind! Believe not the existence of an emotion nobler than the compassion!
The wisdom of the Moon is greater than the wisdom of the Earth, because the Moon sees the universe better than the Earth can see it!
We are always at the mercy of powers greater than us, even when our power is at its highest level!
I am convinced that Christian fundamentalism is a far greater threat to this country than Muslim terrorists could ever be.
Reality is always greater - much greater - than what we know, than whatever we can say about it.
If Spirituality is that you're humble in the face of forces greater than you and you believe those forces are more inclined toward being good than being bad, then I'm a spiritual person.
I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I think the threat has become greater, not lesser.
I have enormous respect for anyone who would offer to sacrifice their life to defend my right to live. Is there any greater gift one can give another?
You will never come up against a greater adversary than your own potential, my young friend.
There's no greater city between Memorial Day and Labor Day than Chicago. It's the single best summer city in America.
In schools where parent involvement is greater, you do have higher achievement levels and better functioning, better performing schools.
A related aspect of intelligent consciousness is delay of gratification: the wisdom to accurately predict whether delay rather than acting on impulse will yield greater benefit.
I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the States.
A 100 years from now the consequences for standing for Jesus will be greater than the consequences of not standing for Jesus today.
Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.
I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There’s no greater reward.
One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.
Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.
If bliss is to scratch an itch, what greater bliss, no itch at all? So too, the worldly, desirous, find some bliss, But greatest is the bliss with no desire
One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say
Napoleon Hill saw this law of transmutation as the seed of equivalent benefit: With every disappointment, heartbreak, or failure, there exists an equal (usually greater) positive benefit.
Self-certification may look like a small vision but there cannot be a greater decision for a Government to trust the honesty of the 1.25 billion people of the country.
You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?
There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.
Our liberties face a far greater threat from Hillary Clinton ... than from Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. I am not saying that for impact; I believe that to the core of my being.
All that appears in your life is a blessing, presenting you with a greater opportunity to define who you are, and to know yourself as that.
Access to science is greater than ever before. There are more vehicles out there that grant the public access to science. Not to mention the Internet.