Proportion Quotes

Proportion and propriety are among the best secrets of domestic wisdom; and there is no surer test of integrity than a well-proportioned expenditure.

The more a man loves, the more he suffers. The sum of possible grief for each soul is in proportion to its degree of perfection.

We will become mightier and more powerful in our own right in direct proportion to the service and contribution we make to strengthen the Church.

There is not so good an understanding between any two, but the exposure by the one of a serious fault in the other will produce a misunderstanding in proportion to its heinousness.

Nature is fair in proportion as the youth is pure. The heavens and the earth are one flower ; the earth is the calyx, the heavens the corolla.

The opportunities of living are diminished in proportion as what are called the "means" are increased.

Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller. . .who always proportions his stay in any place.

Greece is the home of the gods; they may have died but their presence still makes itself felt. The gods were of human proportion: they were created out of the human spirit.

I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.

The larger unit can borrow more easily in proportion than the smaller. It can especially tap bank credit more easily and bank credit is, to-day, the chief factor in economic activity of all kinds.

The happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.

Optimism can be prescribed and applied as a medicine, and is a remedy in proportion to its purity and the wisdom displayed in its use.

A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations.

Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst.

If man had a sense of proportion, he would die of shame.

I am wholly in favour of 'dull stodges'. A surprising large proportion prove 'educable': for which a primary qualification is the willingness to do work.

Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should.

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now.

Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.

Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.

Intelligence is to genius as the whole is in proportion to its part. [Fr., Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout a sa partie.]

It is good to have organizations but not to exaggerate their importance out of due proportion.

Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.

For granting we have sinned, and that the offence Of man is made against Omnipotence, Some price that bears proportion must be paid, And infinite with infinite be weighed.

Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.

All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.

I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average proportion of the numbers of each is not to my advantage.

In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food.

If men were stubborn just in proportion as they were right, stubbornness would take her seat among the virtues; but men are generally stubborn just in proportion as they are ignorant and wrong.

I sketch in a way that people can nearly do the dresses without me coming in for a fitting. Every single detail, every proportion, every cut -- everything.

I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived.

The more you wish to be, the wiser you are; while the wish to have is apt to be foolish in proportion to its largeness.

This New York thing is being blown out of proportion. Who gives a **** about New York when elephants are being killed?

Many will be busied in taking away from a thing, which will grow in proportion as it is diminished.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.

The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each

Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.

Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life.

When you die, you know, you hear the insistent pounding that defines all things, whether of matter or energy, since there is nothing in the universe, really, but proportion.

Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources.

It's surprising to a lot of people because ballerinas look so long, but it's more of a proportion thing. Their legs are long in proportion to their body but in reality they're very tiny.

Your problems are out there. But they're small. They only grow out of proportion when they climb inside your head.

If you look at payments to labor as a proportion of national income or gross domestic product, you find profits going way up, investment and savings going up.

One reader is better than another in proportion as he is able of a greater range of activity in reading and exerts more effort.

Keep ambitions high, in front of God and people, Your credibility will be in proportion to your ambitions

Always make sure your jewelry isn't taking over you or your ensemble and keep everything in proportion to your frame

So the freshness lives on in a lemon, in the sweet-smelling house of the rind, the proportions, arcane and acerb.

I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.