Than Quotes

Better a broken promise than none at all.

There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Love is a better teacher than duty.

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them.