The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
‐‐ Aristotle
The moral was, in time of anarchy, tough leadership is the only solution - even though the collateral damage may be heartbreaking. Mrs. Thatcher's strident, take-no prisoners approach was in some ways repugnant, but it was surely necessary.
‐‐ Nigel Hamilton
The moral world is as little exempt as the physical world from the law of ceaseless change, of perpetual flux.
‐‐ James G. Frazer
The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued.
‐‐ Karen Mills
The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile.
‐‐ Alan Watts
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
‐‐ Andrew Carnegie
The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man.
‐‐ Norma Shearer
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
‐‐ Carl von Clausewitz
The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.
‐‐ Soren Kierkegaard
The more a man knows, the more he forgives.
‐‐ Catherine the Great
The more a nation gets into darkness, the more it's going to hate the light. The more it's going to run from the light. And we have a generation of people who have given themselves to darkness, and they've embraced atheism, because it gets them away from moral responsibility to God.
‐‐ Ray Comfort
The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.
‐‐ Friedrich List
The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.
‐‐ Robert Kiyosaki
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
‐‐ Stendhal
The more a woman likes her job, the better her self-image and the more she enjoys her life.
‐‐ Grace Baruch
The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show you're a great performer.
‐‐ Mark V. Hurd
The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better the work of art.
‐‐ Claire Messud
The more alone I am, the more focused I can get. I've written things with people, some of which I liked and others I think are total travesties. Collaborating is trying to make a piece of music and get someone else to come up with the ideas. What's the fun of that?
‐‐ Alex Chilton
The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.
‐‐ Elia Kazan
The more Americans find out about President Barack Obama's health care law, the less they like it. A majority of Americans want out.
‐‐ John Barrasso
The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.
‐‐ Tom Hooper
The more angels we have in Silicon Valley, the better. We are funding innovation. We are funding the next Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
‐‐ Ron Conway
The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
‐‐ Barbara De Angelis
The more anxious, isolated and time-deprived we are, the more likely we are to turn to paid personal services. To finance these extra services, we work longer hours. This leaves less time to spend with family, friends and neighbors; we become less likely to call on them for help, and they on us.
‐‐ Arlie Russell Hochschild
The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become.
‐‐ May Sarton
The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics.
‐‐ P. J. O'Rourke
The more attention you give to your negative feelings, the more they grow, so I think things just start to blow totally out of proportion.
‐‐ Gillian Jacobs
The more auditions you go on, the more you will learn not to take it personally.
‐‐ Paula Abdul
The more aware a man is of a woman's body, the better. He needs to know he has to tend to a woman. She might not always return the favor, but a man always has to tend to a woman first.
‐‐ Rachel Bilson
The more aware of your intentions and your experiences you become, the more you will be able to connect the two, and the more you will be able to create the experiences of your life consciously. This is the development of mastery. It is the creation of authentic power.
‐‐ Gary Zukav
The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace.
‐‐ Nikita Khrushchev
The more books there are on shelves, the more will be sold. Once you get to the level of The Secret and have 40-100 copies in many stores, managers have almost no choice but to put them in prime real estate like front-of-store, end caps, or front window.
‐‐ Timothy Ferriss
The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.
‐‐ Cyril Connolly
The more borders we have, the more quarrels, the more wars. That's one way to think about borders - they're trouble.
‐‐ Robert Krulwich
The more broadband we can get globally, the better. It's better for the world; it's better for our advertisers; it's better for Google.
‐‐ Eric Schmidt
The more brutal it gets in the working world, the more appealing the prospect of having someone at home creating a sanctuary becomes. Increasingly couples, particularly with children, are making that tough choice, with one or other partner electing to embrace domestic duties while the other brings home the cash.
‐‐ Mariella Frostrup
The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.
‐‐ Matthew Hale
The more cases of Ebola infection we have, the more chances there are for the virus to mutate in a particular way that adapts it well to living in humans, replicating in humans, and perhaps transmitting from human to human.
‐‐ David Quammen
The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live 10 times longer than if you have 10. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever. It's truly ridiculous.
‐‐ Charles Bukowski
The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.
‐‐ Peter Eisenman
The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.
‐‐ Virat Kohli
The more cerebral, slightly darker comedy stuff is where I love to live.
‐‐ Reid Scott
The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
‐‐ Benedict Cumberbatch
The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
‐‐ Carlos Santana
The more clearly you write, the more easily and surely you will be understood.
‐‐ Arthur Quiller-Couch
The more closely you get in touch with your dreams, the more able you are to make them real. The more vividly you consider how you want your world to be, the more real and effective tools you will have for making it so.
‐‐ Ralph Marston
The more color, the more nutrients, usually.
‐‐ Tina Thompson
The more colorful the food, the better. I try to add color to my diet, which means vegetables and fruits.
‐‐ Misty May-Treanor
The more comedic roles come easier to me though because I see myself as a silly, easy-going person.
‐‐ Sara Paxton