Proportion Quotes

837 quotes by 618 authors

Not only in running but in much of life is a sense of balance and proportion necessary. — Clarence DeMar
When homo sapiens is changing, it will not be by the whole race gaining simultaneously whatever qualities better fit it for survival, but rather by… — Charles Galton Darwin
If man had a sense of proportion, he would die of shame. — J. M. Ledgard
I cannot believe that a republic could subsist if the influence of the lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The custom of procuring abortions has reached such appalling proportions in America as to be beyond belief... So great is the misery of the working… — Emma Goldman
In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary. — Oliver Goldsmith
Man is distinguished from the brute animals in proportion as thought prevails over sense: but in the healthy processes of the mind, a balance is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation… — John Quincy Adams
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. — Michael J. Fox
Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking. — Margaret Fuller
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. — John Galsworthy
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. — Mahatma Gandhi
Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion. — Mahatma Gandhi
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. — Charles Caleb Colton
For a long time I wanted to draw, but I could never get the proportions right. My still life sketches were the artistic equivalent of… — Sloane Crosley
Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure. — Zooey Deschanel
Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that… — Jefferson Davis
I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote… — Richard Dawkins
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. — Arthur Conan Doyle
The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most… — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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