Proportion Quotes

837 quotes by 618 authors

You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular… — Emily Carr
The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming proportions… — Frances Parkinson Keyes
In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and… — James Madison
Our nation will prosper or decline in direct proportion to our selection of leaders who are guided by the Holy Spirit. If we fail to… — Ronald Reagan
The state tends to expand in proportion to its means of existence and to live beyond its means, and these are, in the last analysis,… — Frederic Bastiat
True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has… — Eric Liu
In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular:… — William Strunk, Jr.
God is bigger than any problem. God in you is greater than any difficulty you have to meet. God cares for you more than it… — Emmet Fox
The mob hysteria over pedophiles has reached epidemic proportions and driven parents to panic. Today's Just Williams, today's Huck Finns, today's Swallows and Amazons are… — Richard Dawkins
If an enthusiastic, ardent, and ambitous man marry a wife on whose name there is a stain, which, though it originate in no fault of… — Charles Dickens
Physiology is the basis of all medical improvement and in precise proportion as our survey of it becomes more accurate and extended, it is rendered… — John Gorrie
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity. — Marcel Proust
Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others. — Earl Nightingale
Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel. — Orison Swett Marden
I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of… — Paul Westerberg
Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your… — Tom Stoppard
I just try and surround myself, for the biggest proportion of time that I can, with people who make me feel normal, because constantly feeling… — Emma Watson
Our wealth is rewarded directly in proportion to the number of people with whom we are willing to share. — Paul Zane Pilzer
The relation of color and the relation of proportion are both based on the relation of position. — Piet Mondrian
The sweetness and delights of the resting-place are in proportion to the pain endured on the Journey. Only when you suffer the pangs and tribulations… — Rumi

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