Comparison Quotes
587 quotes by 527 authors
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Why no. I’m too conceited. If you want to call it that. I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone…
— Ayn Rand
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There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig
— Denzel Washington
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It was the sibling thing, I suppose. I was fascinated by the intricate tangle of love and duty and resentment that tied them together. The…
— Kate Morton
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If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise--if regard springing from…
— Jane Austen
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I can't help comparing what I have with Gale to what I'm pretending to have with Peeta. How I never question Gale's motives while I…
— Suzanne Collins
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You should be careful, tossing descriptors like that around in a situation like this. My ‘problem’ isn’t little. Unless you’re drawing some pretty wild comparisons.…
— Rachel Vincent
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You have many flaws, he announced... “But there was one flaw that made all the other imperfections pale in comparison.†“Was?†she asked. “I don't…
— Julie Garwood
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The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to Christian teachers,…
— C.S. Lewis
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I hate to make the comparison here, but think of me as one of those expensive boutiques. If you have to ask about the cost,…
— Cherie Priest
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This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of…
— Jonathan Swift
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There is, in short, no great idea that stupidity could not put to its own uses [....] The truth by comparison, has only one appearance…
— Robert Musil
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Emerald green eyes studied us from a face that could have been sculpted by one of the classical artists I so admired. Shocked, I dismissed…
— Richelle Mead
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When you finally figure out what you really want, everything else pales in comparison.
— Tammara Webber
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Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.
— François Lelord
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Comparisons are easily done, once you've had a taste of perfection
— Katy Perry
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What do I know about God and the purpose of life? I know that this world exists. That I am placed in it like my…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
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If one's intellectual equipment was not great, one's spiritual experience not deep, the result of doing one's very best could only seem very lightweight in…
— Elizabeth Goudge
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Comparison is the death of joy.
— Mark Twain
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There are occasions when a woman, no matter how weak and impotent in character she may be in comparison with a man, will yet suddenly…
— Nikolai Gogol
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When the Lord makes it clear you're to follow Him in this new direction, focus fully on Him and refuse to be distracted by comparisons…
— Charles R. Swindoll
Who Wrote These Comparison Quotes
527 authors contributed a total of 587 Comparison Quotes, led by these top contributors: