Quotes of Lesser - somelinesforyou

“ You can have no greater or lesser dominion than the one over yourself. The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. ”

- Leonardo da Vinci

“ Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations. ”

- Kenneth Hildebrand

“ The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less. ”

- Pete Sampras

“ The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men. ”

- Unknown

“ The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed. ”

- Confucius

“ The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony. ”

- Confucius

“ The superior person is perceptive and not biased. The lesser person is biased and not perceptive. ”

- Confucius

“ The superior person seeks to further the good points in others, and not their bad qualities. The lesser person does the opposite. ”

- Confucius

“ The superior person uses learning as a means of self-improvement. The lesser person uses learning as a means of showing off. ”

- Mencius

“ When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. ”

- Max Lerner

“ It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. ”

- David Herbert Lawrence

“ The African was defined and treated as being of a lesser human species than even the lowliest among the colonizers. ”

- Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

“ I think that people like the Howard Sterns, the Bill O'Reillys and to a lesser degree the bin Ladens of the world are making a horrible contribution. ”

- Sean Penn

“ The faster you go, the shorter you are. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. ”

- Jerry Garcia

“ The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists of "Ten Best". ”

- H. Allen Smith

“ If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a footrule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of lfie before he can comprehend the full value of the greater. ”

- Edward Bulwer Lytton

“ It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. ”

- D.H. Lawrence

“ A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lesser speakers fail to. ”

- Somers White

“ A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. ”

- Cyril Connolly

“ It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. ”

- D. H. Lawrence

“ Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Faith implies the disbelief of a lesser fact in favor of a greater. ”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

“ If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater. ”

- Buddha

“ If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. ”

- Margaret Mead

“ Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other ones invariably slink in after it. ”

- Baltasar Gracian

“ Nothing, perhaps, is strange, once you have accepted life itself, the great strange business which includes all lesser strangeness. ”

- Rose Macaulay
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