Rather Quotes
10955 quotes by 6380 authors
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Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.
— Samuel Johnson
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Theory is worth but little, unless it can explain its own phenomena, and it must effect this without contradicting itself; therefore, the facts are sometimes…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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I think that natural beauty is very charismatic... I just believe in enhancing who we are rather than trying to manipulate or change it too…
— Elle Macpherson
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The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell.
— Dag Hammarskjold
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Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather, antecedent to…
— Henry Steele Commager
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I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Roughly speaking, the President of the United States knows what his job is. Constitution and custom spell it out, for him as well as for…
— Shana Alexander
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It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
— Michel de Montaigne
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People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that…
— Stephen Covey
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Obviously, the real issue has nothing to do with fear itself, but, rather, how we hold the fear. For some, the fear is totally irrelevant.…
— Susan Jeffers
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The Christian faith, simply stated, reminds us that our fundamental problem is not moral; rather, our fundamental problem is spiritual. It is not just that…
— Ravi Zacharias
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I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells socks on the internet.
— Cynthia Nixon
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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
— Plautus
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The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's…
— James M. Barrie
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Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for…
— Stephen Covey
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Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind teaches…
— Vernon Howard
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A warrior seeks to act rather than talk.
— Carlos Castaneda
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Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly…
— Vince Lombardi
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To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to…
— Carlos Castaneda
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What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has…
— Rollo May
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