Than Quotes

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Beauty is less important than quality.

I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Searching for what I need, and I don't even know precisely what that is, I was going from a man to a man, and I saw that all of them together have less than me who has nothing, and that I left to each of them a bit of that what I don't have and I've been searching for.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance.

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.