Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • Confucius It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Anatole France It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Alfred Adler It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • Julius Caesar It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
    Julius Caesar
    Roman emperor (101 - 44)
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  • George Santayana It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Voltaire It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Voltaire It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Seneca It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Harold S. Geneen It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away.
    Harold S. Geneen
    American Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT (1910 - 1997)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Stephen R. Covey It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Harold S. Geneen It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.
    Harold S. Geneen
    American Accountant, Industrialist, CEO, ITT (1910 - 1997)
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  • Steve Jobs It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.
    september 1982
    Steve Jobs
    American entrepreneur, business magnate, inventor, and industrial (1955 - 2011)
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  • Ashleigh Brilliant It’s sometimes easier to do the impossible than to do the embarrassing.
    Ashleigh Brilliant
    American author and cartoonist (1933 - )
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  • F. Faber Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or kind deeds.
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  • C. Neil Strait Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person.
    C. Neil Strait
    American priest and author (1934 - 2003)
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  • Alfred Adler Man know much more than he understands.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • Bruce Lee Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • William Faulkner Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.
    William Faulkner
    American writer (1897 - 1962)
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