Greater Quotes

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure; the greater part of the men being six feet high.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.

Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.

Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired.

That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal; but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.

The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

Work is transformative. It gives you a greater chance of a greater income. You can affect your life while you're of working age, so you have scope and opportunity. Pensioners do not.

I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.

Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins.

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself.

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.

The knowledge and understanding of the world which science gives us and the magnificent opportunity which it extends to us to control and use the world for the extension of our pleasure in it has never been greater than it now is.

The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.

In order to grow, you must learn to let go and strive toward something greater.

Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment.

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservation, greater energy efficiency, and they also, of course, play a useful role on the supply side.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.