Better Part Quotes

69 quotes by 63 authors

For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough. — Steve Carell
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. — W. Somerset Maugham
For the better part of my last semester at Garden City High, I constructed a physical pendulum and used it to make a "precision" measurement… — Steven Chu
It is thyself, mine own self's better part; Mine eye's clear eye, my dear heart's dearer heart; My food, my fortune, and my sweet hope's… — William Shakespeare
For this, deep waters whelm the fruitful lea, Wars ravage, famine wastes, plague withers, nor Shall cease till men have chosen the better part. — George MacDonald
Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might… — Jane Pauley
Spain has been massively diverting capital from the private sector into politically favored environmental projects for the better part of a decade...every green job created,… — Ron Paul
Ennui, the demon, waited at the threshold of his noiseless refuge, and drove away the stirring hopes and enlivening expectations, which form the better part… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in… — Plato
Again, we just blew our chance, it's that simple. I'll be the first one to take the blame. Everyone's a part of it. To the… — Brad Soderberg
There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part, until one day… — Ellen Barkin
According to how gifted we are, we are all given a large or small key to this treasury of wonders. I have been blessed with… — Rosemary Wells
He that tears away a man's good name tears his flesh from his bones, and, by letting him live, gives him only a cruel opportunity… — Robert South
It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so… — Nathaniel Branden
In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with… — Dennis Kucinich
I wasn't trying to modelI'm not sure where it's going, apart from the pleasure of making beautiful thingsI said I wasn't going to model after… — Stella Tennant
The better part of every man's education is that which he gives himself. — James Russell Lowell
According to the United Nations Special Commission [UNSCOM], which carried out inspections in Iraq for the better part of a decade, Iraq possesses some 25,000… — Richard Armitage
If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason for this. I think that… — Irving Stone

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