Greater Quotes

Remarkable is the greater openness of the Catholic Church towards people of other religious traditions and persuasions. The development has not been without problems, since some people have resisted it and others have pushed openness beyond the desirable point.

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

I've always believed the mission is greater than the man.

Often when a person can't get past stress, she will turn to overeating, drinking or smoking, which can become a greater problem than the stress itself.

We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.

My purpose is far greater than my pain.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.

Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It's about something greater. It's about acceptance.

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.

Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than a bunch of songs.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.

Today, the future of Venezuela won and, as we said, we repeat to everyone: there is a path, there is a path for progress, for the future, to make Venezuela a greater country.

Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.

Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.

In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

While the debate on the Patriot Act is far from over, it is important that all Americans continue in this dialogue and work together to ensure greater security for our nation.