Quotes of: Greater-importance Keyword

Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base.

The Lost Symbol

Sharks have a bad rep, but the truth is you have a greater chance of a vending machine falling on you than you do a shark attack.

Sunken Treasure

Self-esteem...is there any greater force in the universe that can help you get things done in your life?

Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.

Our Knowledge of the External World

So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer.

Philosophical Dictionary

The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.

Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living

So death lay in arrest. But at Bethlehem the bless'd Nothing greater could be heard Than a dry wind in the thorn, the cry of the One new-born, And cattle in stall as they stirred.

Poems

Even when we strive for perfection, life is nothing more than an attempt to achieve it through a series of greater or smaller imperfections.

The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel

When the gain is greater than the pain, I’ll be there, telling you how we can both profit from your productivity. That’s what love is about.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.

The Two Towers

Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

Utopia

Remember that the truth within yourself will always be greater than the truth found in these pages. These stories are here to guide us—to help us find that truth, not to tell us what it is.

The Waterproof Bible

Are we all just Dark Age doctors, swearing by our leeches? We crave a greater science. We want to be proven wrong.

Warm Bodies

Authenticity is a choice we make about who we want to be that inspires our greater aliveness.

Wired for Authenticity: Seven Practices to Inspire, Adapt, & Lead

Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can't get you a new sweater? Jamie: Because, he's too busy looking for your brain.

A Walk to Remember

Gods are but greater demons," the Cishaurim said, "hungers across the surface of eternity, wanting only to taste the clarity of our souls. Can you not see this?

The White Luck Warrior

Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts.

Lawrence Hargrave

Pippin chooses love and finds a greater sense of himself at the end of all the madness. I relate to him in many ways. I have been through stuff, thought I knew best, and often been proven wrong.

Matthew James Thomas

The stories she'd read of others' lives over these last few months had left her with a greater appreciation for the thread of her own life.

The Camel Bookmobile

The best way to love your man, is to help him rise, let him feel his worth so strongly through your eyes; that he has no option but to become greater.

Nikki Rowe

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldn't bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong.

Neil Sheehan