Than Quotes

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

I have three daughters, so I can't be as tough as I want to be. When you have kids - especially daughters - they know how to work you. They're a lot smarter than we are, that's for sure. But I'll be more tough on their boyfriends.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.

A big part of who I am is just the way I was raised. Nobody is better than anyone else, and if you really work hard, you might get lucky and get what you want.

He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

This revolution, the information revoultion, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It's very crude today, yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt bulb to run it and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now, or 50 years from now?

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.