Greater Quotes

My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.

Acting is the most personal of our crafts. The make-up of a human being - his physical, mental and emotional habits - influence his acting to a much greater extent than commonly recognized.

The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.

Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.

These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.

I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples.

I see with greater and greater clearness that consistent Christianity is the easiest Christianity to defend.

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

We believe that it is very important that we have hopefully averted what would have been the most substantial headwind of all, which is a default for the first time in our history, and that that will contribute to a more positive environment that we hope will allow for greater growth and job creation.

When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I heard dogs bark more fiercely than usual, or the feet of horses in a greater volume of sound than usual, I stood to arms.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.

The pressures to get the story first, if wrong, are greater sometimes than the pressures to get the story right, if late.

The formation of the News America Publishing Group will lead to greater editorial excitement, new business opportunities and greater efficiencies and coordination.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me.

Over the last six years, airlines have experienced severe financial pressure to leave smaller communities, making demands on the EAS program even greater.

Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

In all known time there has never been a greater monster or miracle than the human being.