Lesser Quotes

306 quotes by 262 authors

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself. — Leonardo da Vinci
We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and… — Mary Astell
Locally produced foods - defined as those harvested within a 100-mile radius of one's home - have a lesser impact on the environment because of… — Tyler Florence
It is always for greater joy that you give up the lesser. This is practical religion-the attainment of freedom, renunciation. Renounce the lower so that… — Swami Vivekananda
J.R.R.Tolkien has confessed that about a third of the way through The Fellowship of the Ring, some ruffian named Strider confronted the hobbits in an… — Ansen Dibell
Determine that today you will overcome your self of the day before, tomorrow you will win over those of lesser skill, and later you will… — Miyamoto Musashi
There now remain only a few books, which they call books of the lesser prophets; and as I have already shown that the greater are… — Thomas Paine
If I don't fight every day to 'fix' my eyes on Jesus, my ADD soul will look to a million lesser things. — Matt Papa
Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chi ef of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chie f. There is something oddly… — Robert Fisk
As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us that… — Alexander MacLaren
A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay. — Confucius
Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care of… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They… — Billy Joel
If we do not worship God, God will not be the lesser for it. But we will. — Kevin DeYoung
I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success. — David Alan Grier
The modern mind always tends to reduce the greater to the lesser rather than seeing the lesser as reflecting the greater. — Peter Kreeft
The belief that female sexual expression is uniquely dehumanizing is a double standard, no matter how much you dress it up in feminist language. Instead… — Amanda Marcotte
Eagles fly where lesser birds cannot fly, so eagles can do what lesser birds cannot do. — T.D. Jakes
Successfully completing a lesser purpose doesn't feel good very good for very long, because it is simply preparation for advancing toward a greater embodiment of… — David Deida
I have an unshakable belief that mankind's higher nature is on the whole still dormant. The greatest souls reveal excellencies of mind and heart which… — Helen Keller

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