Favour Quotes

306 quotes by 247 authors

I tended to favour the piano over the guitar because it stays in one place, which is what I like to do. — Hugh Jackman
Chance favours a prepared mind. — Louis Pasteur
I'm not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen. — Ryan Kwanten
According to the law of nature, wherever there is an awakening of a new and stronger life, there it tries to conquer and take the… — Swami Vivekananda
It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
God's decisions are always mysterious, but they are always in our favour. — Paulo Coelho
Love always causes trouble, that's true, but in its favour, it energizes. — Vincent Van Gogh
IF we desire European civilization to be a raid and a rescue, we shall insist rather that souls are in real peril than that their… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind. — Joseph Addison
I'm actually not in favour of decriminalizing cannabis -- I'm in favour of legalizing it. Tax and regulate. It's one of the only ways to… — Justin Trudeau
You don't do anybody any favours by being less than you are. — Fiona Wood
What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new breed of South… — Chris Hani
One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding… — Idries Shah
Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours. — Jacques Delors
I favour passive investing for most investors, because markets are amazingly successful devices for incorporating information into stock prices. — Merton Miller
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. If it were not for the laws of the land, we should soon see a… — Charles Spurgeon
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle
A presentation copy, reader,-if haply you are yet innocent of such favours-is a copy of a book which does not sell, sent you by the… — Charles Lamb
When you forget to take the sail at all, then the wind is constantly in your favour both ways. But there! this world is only… — Jerome K. Jerome
You corrupt religion either in favour of your friends, or against your enemies. — Blaise Pascal

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