Top 1200 Greater Good Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.

The mountains themselves call us into greater stories.

I think we identify ourselves by labels or things that we are able to do: I am this. I am a good cook. I am a good mother. I am a good this. I am a good doctor. I am a good lawyer. When you can’t do those things anymore, you wonder where your identity is.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

There is no greater fortune than having few concerns, no greater misfortune than having many worries. Only those who have suffered over their concerns know the blessing of having few concerns. Only those who have calmed their minds know the misfortune of having many worries.

Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.

Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in perfect health that all sickness is forgotten, all the powers of mind will proceed to create health, and every trace of sickness will soon disappear. When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in higher attainments and in greater achievements that all thought of failure is forgotten, all the forces of mind will begin to work for the promotion of those attainments and achievements. The person will be gaining ground every day, and greater success will positively follow.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived.

The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.

Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.

The greater the pressure and expectation, the more I relish the opportunity.

Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.

Jesus recognized that love is greater than like.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior. Too many people have walked away from the church, not because they’re walking away from Jesus, but because the church has walked away from Jesus.

The fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain.

Surely there can be no greater joy than that of saving souls.

The opportunity for greater courage comes in the most ordinary of moments.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

We have to take a greater stand against discrimination of all kinds.

Those who start later, tend to achieve greater

To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.

There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

I do not see why the axiom of Prudence should not be questioned, when it conflicts with present inclination, on a ground similar to that on which Egoists refuse to admit the axiom of Rational Benevolence. If the Utilitarian has to answer the question, 'Why should I sacrifice my own happiness for the greater happiness of another?' it must surely be admissible to ask the Egoist 'Why should I sacrifice a present pleasure for a greater one in the future? Why should I concern myself about my own future feelings any more than about the feelings of other persons?'

My purpose is far greater than my pain.

No man is greater than his respect for sleep.

Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in a certain degree, and must be used and governed with such caution as we eat and drink and refresh ourselves, or they will bring forth in us the fruits of intemperance.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.

I'm not good at many things. But I really like songwriting, and I get a good reaction from it. There's not much that I do that causes a good reaction, so it feels like if I want to have good things happen, then I should do the things I'm good at. I mean, in all seriousness, I left school at 15. I'm unqualified to do anything else.

I truly believe that love is greater than politics.

I've always believed the mission is greater than the man.

Bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.

No man is greater than his prayer life.

There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

Your sin is not greater than God’s mercy.

There is no greater spellbinder of peace than the name of God.

The greater part of human misery is caused by indolence.

There's never been a greater game than football.

Things seem greater by imagination than they are in effect.

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others.

[After my mother died, I had a feeling that was] not unlike the homesickness that always filled me for the first few days when I went to stay at my grandparents'' house, and even, I was stunned to discover, during the first few months of my freshman year at college. It was not really the home my mother had made that I yearned for. But I was sick in my soul for that greater meaning of home that we understand most purely when we are children, when it is a metaphor for all possible feelings of security, of safety, of what is predictable, gentle, and good in life.

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure by his good deeds, and he has not lived long enough; measure by his evil deeds, and he has lived too long.

There is no greater thrill than to sing with a beautiful orchestra.

There is no greater privilege in life than being yourself.

There is no greater thing than standing victorious in the arena.

The great and the good will decide what is good for us and make sure that we get what is good for us, good and hard.

To make a vow is a greater sin than to break one.

Other countries have far greater problems than we have.

Britain never had a greater sporting ambassador.

The less worth of a man, the greater his pride.

There is no greater tyranny than that of the dead over the living.

I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency

False casting for practice is the best way to achieve the feel of the line in the air, but in actual fishing, false casts should be limited in number to absolute necessity. In the first place, the more false casts you make, the greater are the chances for the fish to see your arm waving, or the line in the air. And the greater are your chances to make a mistake in the cast and lose your timing. Most anglers, especially tyros, false cast too often. Three false casts should be sufficient for any throw and two is better. One is perfect.

The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.

Behind any Strength lies a greater Love.

Greater diversity drives better business results.