Sterner Quotes

21 quotes by 18 authors

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer… — Wendell Berry
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. — Lord Byron
The sterner the discipline, the greater the devotion. — Pete Carril
Our cause is a common one. It is war between poverty and wealth. ... This moneyed power is fast eating up the substance of the… — William H. Sylvis
There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is. — Meister Eckhart
Do not let us speak of darker days, let us speak rather of sterner days. These are not dark days: these are great days-the greatest… — Winston Churchill
Never worry. Be ever cheerful. Always laugh and smile. You can use the following powerful autosuggestion: "Mr. Worry, goodbye to you. I am a different… — Sivananda
It was his optimism that Freud bequeathed to America and it was the optimism of our youthfulness, our freedom from the sterner, sadder tradition of… — Karl A. Menninger
Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists. — W. Somerset Maugham
Ideology is the sterner face of myth and we're a myth-making people. — Diana Trilling
The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle… — Friedrich Schiller
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. — William Shakespeare
The amount of money and of legal energy being given to prosecute hundreds of thousands of Americans who are caught with a few ounces of… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
You would be miserable if you had to go through life with a human doormat with 'Welcome' written on him. You want some one made… — P.G. Wodehouse
He waved at his attendants. "I dragged them like a ball and chain all the way across the palace and back." "If sterner measures are… — Megan Whalen Turner
Could words and symbols wield such power? Could mere scribblings on parchment unmake a person's moral fiber? Weren't we made of sterner stuff? — Karen Marie Moning
What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self. — Anne Bronte
Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer… — Wendell Berry
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure. — Lord Byron
Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world's tide is bearing me along; Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me, Hopes… — Brendan Behan (1923 1964)

Who Wrote These Sterner Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 21 Sterner Quotes as follows: