Than Quotes

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on.

Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend.

I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world - at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.