Top 1200 Than Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

I earned more than other riders, but even in my best year I never grossed more than about $300,000.

Press releases are easier to write than code, and that is still easier than making a great product.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

I think doing The Improv is a little more ominous than doing a college campus because it was so different than anything I'd done.

Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception.

Most men cry better than they speak. You get more nurture out of them by pinching than addressing them.

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.

Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it.

I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach.

Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

I feel much better to give than to receive. That's why I'm much more happier now as a coach than I ever was as a fighter.

We have to face the fact that most men and women out there are more stale than they know, more bored than they care to admit.

I believe in spirituality more than I believe in religion. But I like the idea of there being something bigger than us. What that is, I can't say for sure.

Love is about feeling that there is something bigger than just ourselves and our own worries and existence. Whether it is love of another person, of country, of God, of an idea, love is fundamentally an intense devotion to this notion that something is bigger than us. Love is ultimately larger than friendship, comfort, ceremony, knowledge, or joy. Indeed, as the Four Wise Ones once said, it may be all you need.

The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than you dared hope.

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

People smarter than me told me that my potential was bigger than just winning a belt. Now I believe that, and that's what I'm striving for.

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

As an actor, I only play what is in the moment, rather than in the future, but sometimes the past is more important than what is coming up in the future.

Words of wisdom for every photographer: 'Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking'. So said Goethe.

I am stronger than yesterday and working harder than yesterday but don't know what will happen tomorrow.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.

The United Nations must focus on delivery rather than process and on people rather than bureaucracy.

What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody's beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.

There are few things more bizarre than watching people advocate that another country be bombed even while acknowledging that it will achieve no good outcomes other than safeguarding the 'credibility' of those doing the bombing. Relatedly, it's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries.

Antisthenes used to say that envious people were devoured by their own disposition, just as iron is by rust. Envy of others comes from comparing what they have with what the envious person has, rather than the envious person realising they have more than what they could have and certainly more than some others and being grateful. It is really just an inability to get a correct perspective on their lives.

You can write a great country record and still be angry. Who's angrier than Toby Keith? He's angrier than the average 10 rappers.

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing.

Nothing ever tasted better than a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon with nothing to look forward to than more of the same.

Reverence is the sense that there is something larger than the self, larger even than the human, to which one accords respect and awe and assent.

The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities, and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

I really am enjoying writing more than ever. I feel like I'm so much more focused than I was in the early times.

The average kindergartner has seen more than 5,000 hours of TV-more time than it takes to earn a bachelor's degree.

One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even than their discoverers.

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

I trust Colorado families and teachers way more than I trust D.C. central planners who think they know better than parents do.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.

Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

What a burden to think one is conceived in sin rather than in pleasure; that one is born into evil rather than into joy.

I 'd rather be handsome than homely; I 'd rather be youthful than old; If I can't have a bushel of silver I'll do with a barrel of gold.

With one more talent one frequently stands with greater instability than with one less, as a table stands better on three legs than on four.

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give.

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the first few hundred years.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.

Fiction writers tend to err either making people more than they are or less than they are. I'd rather err on the side of the former.

I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.

I've read a lot more than most of the people that I know, except for one of my really close friends reads way more than I do.

Actions speak louder than words. And sometimes inaction speaks louder than both of them.

The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.

The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.

It is better to travel than to arrive. Better, by far, to find your own way than to have someone else choose it for you -- don't you think?

As a walled town is more worthier than a village, so is the forehead of a married man more honorable than the bare brow of a bachelor.