Proportion Quotes

837 quotes by 618 authors

Our love for God and our appreciation of His love and forgiveness will be in proportion to the recognition of our sin and unworthiness. — Dave Hunt
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative… — Samuel Johnson
Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm. — Friedrich Nietzsche
On the free market, everyone earns according to his productive value in satisfying consumer desires. Under statist distribution, everyone earns in proportion to the amount… — Murray Rothbard
Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest… — J C Ryle
Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. — Paul Bert
Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap… — Stanislav Grof
How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequentlyÂ lead to… — George Crabbe
This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet… — John Daly
We should not lose ourselves in vainglorious sohemes for changing human nature all over the planet. Rather, we should learn to view ourselves with a… — George F. Kennan
Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions. — D. H. Lawrence
I am obsessed with proportion, and how proportion is perceived. — L'Wren Scott
The dimensions of video game characters, even when they're scanned from real people, are beefed up with exaggerated proportions in games like Def Jam: Fight… — Cliff Bleszinski
A surprising proportion of mathematicians are accomplished musicians. Is it because music and mathematics share patterns that are beautiful? — Martin Gardner
The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument, we learn to play it,… — Yehudi Menuhin
It is work and personal worth which make a State great both politically and industrially, and in my estimation they are to be found in… — Franklin Knight Lane
At least three further requirements supplement the strategies of environmentalists if we were to create and preserve a less violent world. 1) Every culture must… — Sally Miller Gearhart
I will be led and taught of the Holy Spirit. God desires full development, use and activity of our faculties. The Holy Spirit can and… — Roger Youderian
Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of our hands, this… — John Ruskin
Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you. — William F. Buckley, Jr.

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