Top 1200 Greater Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

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

Flying has always been to me this wonderful metaphor. In order to fly you have to trust what you can't see. Up on the mountain ridges where very few people have been I have thought back to what every flyer knows. That there is this special world in which we dwell that's not marked by boundaries, it's not a map. We're not hedged about with walls and desks. So often in an office the very worst thing that can happen is you could drop your pencil. Out there's a reminder that are a lot worse things, and a lot greater rewards.

There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.

This life is only the anteroom of a greater reality to come.

If we are busy in a hundred good things - even great things, gospel things, glorious things - but don't sit at the feet of Jesus, we are busy in the wrong ways.

Music has the capacity to create a greater reality.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

There is no greater burden than choosing who to save.

Greater diversity drives better business results.

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

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

There is no greater invitation to love than loving first.

Those who start later, tend to achieve greater

When profit is unshared, it's less likely to grow greater.

Standing as a witness in all things means all things - big things, little things, in all conversations, in jokes, in games played and books read and music listened to, in causes supported, in service rendered, in clothes worn, in friends made.

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

We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence.

Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.

The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it.

There is no greater medal than to be acclaimed for your style.

Seek not a lighthouse greater than the human mind!

What greater gift than the love of a cat.

A truth does not become greater by repetition.

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.

The grander the vision the greater the price tag.

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

There's got to be something greater than us.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

You have a certain objectivity, as a member of the audience, and you can come away maybe being provoked into a certain discourse or a certain arena of questioning, regarding how you would deal with things that your character has to deal with. Whereas when you're doing a film, once you start asking, "What would I do?," you're getting the distance greater between yourself and the character, or you're bringing the character to you, which I think is self-serving, in the wrong way. The idea is to bring yourself to the character.

It is not therefore the business of philosophy, in our present situation in the universe, to attempt to take in at once, in one view, the whole scheme of nature; but to extend, with great care and circumspection, our knowledge, by just steps, from sensible things, as far as our observations or reasonings from them will carry us, in our enquiries concerning either the greater motions and operations of nature, or her more subtile and hidden works. In this way Sir Isaac Newton proceeded in his discoveries.

Any individual is greater than the Milky Way.

But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.

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.

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

To create greater convergence, we need more intergration.

I think there's no greater healing power than music.

God is much greater than anything we can imagine.

A servant cannot be greater than his master.

The larger the corporation, the greater the risk that you are flying blind.

What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.

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

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

There is no greater misery than false joys.

What a greater crime. Than loss of time.

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.

Life is the power that's greater than I can ever comprehend.

There is no greater threat to progress than the phrase, 'That's impossible.'

There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.

Jesus recognized that love is greater than like.

Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

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.

Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.

The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

There is no greater sin than to be trop prononce.

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

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?'

No man is greater than his respect for sleep.