Than Quotes

We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it!

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.

Better never than late.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

Time makes more converts than reason.

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.