Than Quotes

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy.

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Never has the political class or the mainstream media that covers them been more out of touch with the American people than they are today.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.