Proportion Quotes

837 quotes by 618 authors

The uttered part of a man's life, let us always repeat, bears to the unuttered, unconscious part a small unknown proportion. He himself never knows… — John Keats
It happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of the food offered in… — Calvin Trillin
God is with us to be utilized. His Power, His Love, His Thought, His Love, His Thought, His Presence must be at our disposal, like… — Basil King
He [Christ] protects their faith and gives strength to believers in proportion to the trust that each man who receives that strength is willing to… — Cyprian
... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying and slandering. I… — Thomas Jefferson
True happiness is found in unselfish Love, A love which increases in proportion as it is shared. — Thomas Merton
When you and I hurt deeply, what we really need is not an explanation from God but a revelation of God. We need to see… — Warren W. Wiersbe
When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing! — Watchman Nee
We receive love roughly in proportion to our capacity to love. — Rollo May
Thought is the seed of action; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first. It rises in thought, to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much… — William Bligh
By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science,… — Blaise Pascal
The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
No issue is so small that it can't be blown out of proportion. — Stuart Hughes
Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for… — Samuel Johnson
The gods were bored and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world,… — Soren Kierkegaard
Simplicity, suitability and proportion. — Elsie de Wolfe
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.... The subjection of individuals will increase amongst… — Alexis de Tocqueville
We have voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issues so that our field of choice shall be… — Edward Bernays
The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other. — George H. Mead

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