Greater Quotes

Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.

The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.

Painting pictures in our mind of what we want serves as the foundation for greater living and greater relationships.

If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a foot-rule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved.

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.

Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War.

But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.

As for borrowing Mr. Whistler's ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to his own superiority as a painter over painters greater than himself.

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

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.

I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

The greater the diversity, the greater the perfection.

There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

You are more than you appear to be - Life is greater than you have ever known it - The best is yet to come.

Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

The more impossible the situation, the greater God accomplishes His work.

The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

Since being diagnosed, I have done a greater good for society in eight years, than in my 37 years on earth.

Let each citizen contribute their natural talents or acquired skills to the greater benefit of all in the community.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master, mostly the less he can say.

No self-respecting person who loves humanity or wishes for a world of greater equality and justice should have anything to do with whitewashing the slavery and extermination of Marxism-Leninism.

Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves

Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track.

Study the greats and become greater

Food - there's no greater gift.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

When you have cleared all of your clutter, you can be of greater service to those around you.

The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows; in no way can the success of evil be made surer or quicker.

Who you are is of greater importance than what you do.

My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.

Your calamity was sent to bring you back to the Quran. But the greater calamity is that you missed the point.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.

Family is essential because we all yearn to feel like we belong to something greater than ourselves.

...a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war.

It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.

The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.

And indeed we believe you [God] to be something than which a greater cannot be conceived.

Focusing on strengths is the surest way to greater job satisfaction, team performance and organizational excellence.

Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.

If a child is born and raised in a home that is loving and nurturing, where there is complete truth about who we are, you can’t give a child any greater place from which to fly.

Choice is your greatest power. It is an even greater power than love, because you must first choose to be a loving person.

The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes.