A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
It’s easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
I’d rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.
There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.
Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that’ll be me.
The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.
I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.
People should pursue what they’re passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.
I’d much rather play the psycho than the pretty girl in hot pants.
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
My principles are more important than the money or my title.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
I’m a comeback waiting to happen. No one deserves it more than I do.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people’s ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler’s bidding.
You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.
Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion – it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.
You’ve got to express yourself in life, and it’s better out than in. What you reveal, you heal.
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn’t, than live as if there isn’t and to die to find out that there is.
Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.
I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems… It’s got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
My mother is not a woman of ordinary culture. She knows literature and speaks Spanish better than I do. She even corrected my poems and gave me advice when I was studying rhetoric.
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
The most valuable investment we can make is in our children’s education. When we make education a priority, we give our children opportunity. Opportunity to learn at higher levels than their parents were able to learn; to earn at higher levels than we were able to earn.
Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.
Genius ain’t anything more than elegant common sense.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.
Maybe my fairy tale has a different ending than I dreamed it would. But that’s OK.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
I have always believed that process is more important than results.
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
We have more to offer than just looking good.
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
It’s a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don’t understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television.
Don’t buy a single vote more than necessary. I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for a landslide.
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.
We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tribulation. That’s why we have the gift of faith.
