Top 745 Governed Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science.

Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.

I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.

He governed as if he felt predestined to never die

Chaos is lawless behavior governed entirely by law.

The laws governed people's happiness. To be lawless was to be happy.

The imagination is never governed, it is always the ruling and divine power.

I try never to be governed by fear; that's how I choose things.

I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity.

Favouritism governed kissage, Even as it does in this age.

There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.

People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

Be governed by your internal compass, not by some clock on the wall.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.

Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed.

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.

To me, a good event is governed by the audience.

The economy is not governed with the bottom half in mind.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

Forgetting and remembering are governed by laws, but we cannot find out what they are.

Countries are rarely governed by the ethical and good people.

A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.

We justly consider women to be weaker than ourselves, and yet we are governed by them.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

A woman is easily governed, if a man takes her in hand.

Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies.

We are most of us governed by epistemologies that we know to be wrong

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.

passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette.

Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.

And my Christianity, first and foremost, governed the way that I tried to deal with people.

Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.

Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.

Israel is a society governed by the rule of law.

As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed.

The excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it.

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

All of our lives are governed by a certain degree of faith in bullshit.

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

I've governed. I've led. And I know how to get results.

A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.

There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds and some labor with their strength. Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others.'1 Those who are governed by others support them; those who govern them are supported by them. This is a universal principle.

Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.

We must be sure to be governed by inner principle and not outer pressure.