Rather Quotes
10955 quotes by 5999 authors
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We're not here to get over our humanness, but rather to accept and make peace with it... and to remember our Divine nature.
— Sonia Choquette
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
— Sophocles
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There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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If in a discussion of many matters ... we are not able to give perfectly exact and self-consistent accounts, do not be surprised: rather we…
— Plato
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Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not…
— Teresa of Avila
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As to what pertains to the case of infants: You [Fidus] said that they ought not to be baptized within the second or third day…
— Cyprian
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We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.
— Max De Pree
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Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact…
— Joel Garreau
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I have yet to hear anyone afflicted with the "gun control" disability dial 9-1-1 and specify, "Now please be sure to send the kind of…
— Vin Suprynowicz
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The facts of paleontology seem to support creation and the flood rather than evolution. For instance, all the major groups of invertebrates appear "suddenly" in…
— Enoch
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As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency-or, rather, Agency-must be involved. Is it possible that suddenly, without intending…
— George Greenstein
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I don't think anyone 'finds' joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles, that strengthen our hearts…
— Dawna Markova
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Individual and team discipline ultimately come down to practicing a small set of principles over a long period of time. Success is not a matter…
— Unknown Author
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Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly. Be oppressed, rather…
— Isaac of Nineveh
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Developing a character with genuine depth requires a focus on not just desire but how the character deals with frustration of her desires, as well…
— David Corbett
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Love is when I am concerned with your relationship with your own life, rather than with your relationship to mine. . . . there must…
— Stewart Emery
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One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Rather than put ourselves down continually, we must work hard to concentrate on our positives, focusing on that which makes us unique and likable. We…
— Unknown Author
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The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather than to the mind. The…
— B. H. Liddell Hart
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I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than having…
— Gayl Jones
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