Poor Substitute Quotes

22 quotes by 20 authors

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. — Aesop
Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing. — Nellie L. McClung
Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine! — Wallace Shawn
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. — Howard Zinn
Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship. — Mary Wollstonecraft
The man who enters combat encased in solid armor plate, but lacking the essential of selfconfidence, is far more exposed and naked to death than… — Robert S. Johnson
Consensus is a poor substitute for leadership. — Charlotte Beers
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience. — Benjamin Cardozo
Alas! innocence is but a poor substitute for experience. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor substitute for joining… — Craig Detweiler
Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for… — Theodore Roosevelt
Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate… — Arthur Erickson
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must… — Theodore Roosevelt
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon as you turn… — Eckhart Tolle
We can know what love is. ItÂ´s adults who have forgotten, so they cling to their poor substitute and yell at kids who dare to… — Barry Lyga
Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find. — Patrick Rothfuss
Impatience is a poor substitute for a well-considered plan. — David Eddings
It isn't very nice to admit, but domestic violence has its uses. So raw and unleashed, it tears away the veil of civilization that comes… — Lionel Shriver
Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that… — Mary Wollstonecraft

Who Wrote These Poor Substitute Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 22 Poor Substitute Quotes as follows: