Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
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The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
Friedrich Nietzsche
A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions!
Friedrich Nietzsche
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must approve the homage of reason rather than of blind-folded fear. Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences.
Thomas Jefferson
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren Kierkegaard
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
Soren Kierkegaard
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
George F. Burns
If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
Janis Joplin
I had rather have a fool make me merry, than experience make me sad.
William Shakespeare
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
Ann Landers
Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Michel de Montaigne
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
Michel de Montaigne
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
Benjamin Franklin
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.
Alexander Graham Bell
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
Pythagoras
There is an art, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams
I'd rather lose a cause that will one day win than win a cause that will some day lose.
Woodrow Wilson
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
J. K. Rowling
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. 'It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more or less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
Lewis Carroll
When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.
Lewis Carroll
Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.
Sir Francis Bacon
The fact is that one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the risks to be incurred, and the other side would rather avoid danger than accept an immediate loss.
Thucydides
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
Charlotte Bronte
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus
It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.
German Proverb
I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward.
Tupac Shakur
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Alexander Hamilton
Is it better to be the lover or the loved one? Neither, if your cholesterol is over six hundred. By love, of course, I refer to romantic love -- the love between man and woman, rather than between mother and child, or a boy and his dog, or two headwaiters.
Woody Allen
Children need models rather than critics.
Joseph Joubert
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art...It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
C. S. Lewis
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
C. S. Lewis
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.
Milton Friedman
The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather, Understand one another.
Emma Goldman
It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work.
Frank Borman
Because their proposal is based on rather specific models and assumptions and their is no current evidence for it, I would say it logically possible, but not compelling.
Paul Steinhardt
This is rather large. The fact that Monsanto did it right in front of a trial, they (the university) must have had a lock-shut case.
John Mccamant
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
Charles Lindbergh
It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. The wish to preserve the past rather that the hope of creating the future dominates the minds of those who control the teaching of the young.
Bertrand Russell
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.
Jory Hancock
I don't want to deal with any more hurricanes. I'd rather take an earthquake or a tornado.
William Phillips
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Abraham J. Heschel
The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life.
Robert Penn Warren
I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
E. M. Forster
I like it better like this. I'd rather be the underdogs. I'd rather people not know my name when I come out and do this stuff. Then they'll say, 'Who was that?'
Thomas Carroll
I'd rather err on the side of caution. He says he feels great.
Brent Kemnitz
Partitioning, rather than manually splitting the schema, could be a better option to achieve this goal, since it obviates the need of any application modification resulting from such schema changes.
Sushil Kumar
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
Henry David Thoreau
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.
Henry David Thoreau
I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
Henry David Thoreau
I'd rather sit alone on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
Henry David Thoreau
The rapprochement of peoples is only possible when differences of culture and outlook are respected and appreciated rather than feared and condemned, when the common bond of human dignity is recognized as the essential bond for a peaceful world.
J. William Fulbright
Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
Henry David Thoreau
Don't think we'll live or die by the big play. We have some guys we feel like can make plays. We have big-play capability. We feel like we can move the ball if we have to little bit by little bit. But we would rather do it in big chunks.
Chris Hill
It's going to be cheaper for the cabinet to rehab it rather than to go in and completely replace the bridge. They were talking it was going to cost over $20 million to replace the bridge.
Katy Renfroe
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
Eric Hoffer
Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
George Halas
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
George Carlin
One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.
Maxwell Maltz
'To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.'
Carlos Castaneda
It's hard to say when it will start, ... I'm not being evasive; I really have no idea. Right now, I hope it's later rather than sooner.
Adam Carolla
They felt the legislation should be dealt with in the new legislative session that begins Tuesday rather than being rushed through in the closing days of this legislative calendar.
Joe Donnelly
Retailers aren't responsible for the design of products. They're responsible for getting consumers to buy at their store rather than another. So if manufacturers didn't deliver exciting products, there isn't a lot the retailers can do about it.
Duncan Simester
Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
Thomas Hood
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
Charles Caleb Colton
Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger.
Nancy Friday
A lot of journalists who'd never dealt with Lucas, when they started competing ferociously for these stories, what they discovered is the land of Lucas is a very tightly controlled, rather rigorous domain.
Peter Bart
I would rather have a back row seat in the house of the lord than a front row seat amoung the rich and powerful.
Alben William Barkley
I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf. .
Jack Lemon
Computers rather frighten me, because I never did learn to type, so the whole thing seems extraordinarily complicated to me.
Charles Keating
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.
Jean Cocteau
I would rather be in the position we are in than that of any other team. I'm excited to see how we attack things these last two weeks.
Chris Roche
After 9/11, they said the project was too far gone to stop, when truthfully, they would rather spend a billion dollars than fix the mistake they made.
Sara Barwinski
The divorced person is like a man with a black patch over one eye: He looks rather dashing but the fact is that he has been through a maiming experience.
Jo Coudert
The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather that hostile.
Bertrand Russell
I think the racetrack has been a great outlet for folks who do want to race in a safe manner, rather than on the freeways.
Scott Ishikawa
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.
Deborah Tannen
I see this as direct interference with the town of Tisbury. Marc Hanover is the one who keeps raising this issue. I feel that's unfortunate that he continues to raise the issue, rather than seek common ground.
Tristan Israel
I said I'd rather have furniture, not a honeymoon. But we've been on a lot of honeymoons since then.
Genevieve Pileggi
Contrary to many published reports, the E.U. has not advocated a U.N.-controlled system. Rather, it has called for the creation of a new forum built on existing structures.
Michael Geist
As a matter of fact, you know I am rather sorry you should see the garden now, because, alas! it is not looking at its best. Oh, it doesn't compare to what it was last year.
Ruth Draper
You could have come on campus and been able to average 55 points a game, and you would not have played a minute for coach Haskins if you couldn't play defense. I think that was part of our edge against Kentucky. ... We only had a couple of guys go to the NBA.. We weren't a star-oriented team but rather won ... because we played as a team.
Harry Flournoy
I would have rather had a league title for the school and the kids, but it's an accomplishment I'm proud of.
Mat Sprague
It's puzzling that any government would fight it rather than make an agreement.
Mark Emery
Kids work on things like dribbling between their legs and behind their backs rather than a 15-foot jumper or free throws. Things that can help you win a game.
David Mcgreal
I think it's rather an insult to dogs. Men are awful: arrogant, nasty creatures.
Michael Winner
The boom in the U.S. economy at the end of 1990s increased flow by 35 percent, but that peak was rather short-lived.
Jeffrey Passel
I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.
Bill Dickey
I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.
Natalie Merchant
We did everything tonight but win on the scoreboard. I think we dominated a large portion of the game, so you know we gave up a bad goal in the beginning. We have to put ourselves in a better position where we have to defend a lead in the last ten minutes rather than try to come back.
Jeff Agoos
We, if we were to choose, would rather have home grown talent that is trained through the grassroots, through the elite level, than an Olympian.
Bob Condron
Instead of being one of a number of options, they sell the sizzle of the start rate rather than the details of the mortgage.
Jay Wilson
Spending patterns are changing in ways that support the continued growth of gift cards. Consumer acceptance of gift cards, coupled with a growing hunger for 'experiences' rather than 'things,' create an excellent opportunity for restaurant companies.
Michael Allenson
They have all the capacity coming online, but they are going to need it sooner rather than later.
Joseph Unsworth
He said he's been in Thailand. He'd rather be in Thailand. He said, 'Anything but here.
Lorrie Thomas
They say the hardest thing to do is to come back to place third. I would have much rather been in the finals, but no worries One is good.
Adin Due'as
I was playing well but I`d rather have finished it off properly.
Mark Allen
When someone limps through a crosswalk, I smile at them rather than frown at my watch.
Joel Davis
I'd rather be hated for who I am than be loved for who I'm not.
Kurt Cobain
He has to make a credible case that what he's doing isn't damaging the party but, rather, reinvigorating it.
Floyd Ciruli
The general effect of Cold War extremism was to delay rather than hasten the great change that overtook the Soviet Union.
George F. Kennan
Tee to green I won't say I'm at my best, but my putting has been nice. If I can keep that going, then it will be good. You never know what is going to happen, but I'd rather be leading a tournament than chasing.
David Lynn
It's going well; we've had real good crowds since about noon; people are very enthusiastic and people are out having fun. I think it's just one of the absolutely busiest days. ... People are here more for themselves, rather than before Christmas, and seeking out those after-holiday bargains.
Brendan Jones
I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
Shel Silverstein
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.
Bertrand Russell
People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical, when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.
Catherine Deneuve
The chamber does not offer opinions or suggest what the 'right' answers might be to the issues, ... Rather, the chamber hopes to encourage candidates to think about the larger issues and to discuss these issues during their campaigns, so that the citizens of Wapakoneta can make informed decisions when they go to the polls on Nov. 8.
Dan Graf
This is not about individuals keeping their jobs but rather about finding better ways of doing things and working smarter.
Barbara Stewart
The most important planning parameter involves taking a phased approach to the CMDB rather than an all-or-nothing cavalry charge up a hill lined with bayonets.
Dennis Drogseth
I would much rather that this program was never made, and I am certain that the majority of my members would agree with me.
Christine Payne
Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?
William Hague
They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness.
Graham Greene
It is very ambitious. NTL already has a lot on its plate. But from Richard Branson's point of view, it makes a lot of sense. It's extending the Virgin brand rather nicely.
Julian Hewett
These days you have to be more other conscious rather than self-conscious when overseas.
David Solomons
I didn't really plan it this way, but my skills led me rather directly into technical directing.
Joanne Knoebel
It was important to get the right feeling. There was not much work to do, but a few times they broke in to the goal from the corners creating danger. I knew beforehand how the Czechs play, they don't fire that fast, rather they want to hold on to the puck.
Miikka Kiprusoff
There may be a new album, and there may not. Right now, we're encouraging bootlegging because there have been some great live things that ended up on the Internet. Rather than try to stop it, we like it. If nobody gave a crap about you, they wouldn't bother to bootleg you.
Burton Cummings
Sen. Baucus has said that he expects a swift and smooth confirmation process. The hearing is expected to focus more on the larger policy issues rather than any individual concerns about O'Neill's candidacy.
Michael Siegel
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
Edith Wharton
You don't go to a good team like this team and just walk in as the starter, ... It just doesn't work. I'd rather be going to a 13-3 team than a 3-13 team. You follow me? I've been on enough of those.
Chris Chandler
If we can sort them out, I'm quite certain that the others will seem rather minor.
Carl Bildt
I'm inclined to think that we'll move away from this rather quickly and get on with other things. But it depends on what the White House does.
Craig Thomas
I'd rather have this thing filed sooner rather than later so we can deal with it.
Bonnie Herzog
What we found was that maturational timing -- onset of first period -- was not an important factor for adult obesity, once we accounted for the earlier overweight [as children]. So, it appears that the timing of menarche is a consequence, rather than a risk factor for adult overweight.
Aviva Must
The action is on the economic side of the argument rather than the price side.
Philip Barleggs
We're very excited with the progress we've made in a short period of time. Our goal is to be a competitive program as soon as we can, rather than waiting.
Scott Drew
Both sides seem to be pretty well entrenched in their positions, which would mean the economic effects could be rather appreciable.
Richard Berner
It seems that this is rather less than what Delta was hoping for.
Phil Baggaley
Much of our argument is likely to be with the U.S. government, rather than the Iranian government.
Terry Anderson
This is such a good competition because it places emphasis more on academics rather than looks. It really is a more level playing field because of that.
Donna Sanders
[However, the head of a lab-watchdog group doubts the board's influence.] There's no major (Department of Energy) decisions that don't have a political component, ... It's money and power rather than the technological reality that dominate the weapons programs.
Greg Mello
I miss it like crazy. I'd almost rather be out there and not be able to hit. I'm taking it one day at a time. I'm not going to push myself and hurt myself even more.
Nichole Beall
I'd rather it be settled law. I'm not interested in being on the leading edge of legal issues.
Jerry Goldstein
It's certainly not our intention to inconvenience folks. But it's better for them to wait for the arms to be taken care of or repaired rather than have a terrible incident.
Joe Arbona
Why one man rather than another? It was odd. You find yourself involved with a fellow for life just because he was the one that you met when you were nineteen.
Simone de Beauvoir
I read that in the Wall Street Journal, and I find it rather offensive.
Lois Capps
If you trust the market, you let the consumers pick winners and losers rather than the government doing so.
Todd Baxter
I also believe the Republican Party needs to learn to govern and develop positive public policy, rather than trying to destroy others.
Carter Casteel
I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm.
William Kidd
They are more attuned to thinking about their life in phases rather than completely around work.
Julie Daum
You would sort out people at higher risk and lower risk, and then maybe don't have to examine those at low risk as much. You will have a natural (method) of sorting out people for prevention, rather than for treatment.
Dr. Joel Levine
Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more in request than honor; where there is more sense than wit; more good nature than good humor; and more wealth than pleasure; where a man would choose rather to travel than t.
William Temple, Sr.
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.
Robert Maynard Hutchins
I really can't explain it, but I'm proud of the way we fought and I just hate to see it end like this. I'm proud of the season that we had, but I'd rather for it to end in the playoffs than end without going.
Anthony Lewis
People who are making us do additional work are liable for the cost. Rather than burdening the entire population with the work caused by a few, it makes a few accountable for the cost.
Joseph Wood Krutch
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us.
Charles Caleb Colton
You get department heads possibly lining up their loyalties to politicians rather than to their boss.
Alderman Dana Mclendon
As a start, we'd rather partner with someone who is an expert, ... If you don't have the capability, why mess around trying to learn that on the dime of your customers?
Jerry Shields
I'm quite honored that they would have recommended him, ... Of course, I'd rather have my son back, but that not being the case one couldn't be more proud than I am.
William Meehan
This is an industry where follow-the-leader is the rule rather than the exception.
Paul Eisenstein
There is no where else I would rather be than at Howard University.
Andrea Lewis
The style will be very interactive, ... I don't like lecturing; I'd rather run a discussion on questions by other people.
Rose Quiello
I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.
Joan Crawford
Our analysis of data produced by Deep Impact is revealing a great deal, much of it rather surprising.
Michael A'hearn
It certainly looks rather more realistic than it did before the release of these figures.
Mark Cliffe
It's understandable you would say a pithy comment rather than understanding what's actually going on.
Jared Hernandez
Penalty kicks is always a horrible way to determine a winner and a loser. The advantage is always with the shooter. If I had to lose, I'd much rather lose in regulation or overtime.
Bill Unzicker
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
Po Bronson
Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.
Gary Ryan Blair
I would rather work less and do the things that I really want to do.
Sandy Duncan
I'd rather spend the time with my family, remembering my sister.
Robert Rocha
Rather we had a few schools that did not take the necessary verification work seriously enough.
Dominique Boillat
Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.
Thomas S. Szasz
It's really intuitive, ... that if a cigarette goes out after a few minutes rather than continuing to smolder, it will cause fewer fires.
Paul Koretz
The challenge is whether [politicians] are willing to accept that there is no message control on the Internet. ... You have to manage conversations, rather than control messages.
Michael Cornfield
It's a part of our culture. We would rather see it continue to shine right here in Houston or in Pasadena especially.
Sharon Simmons
If you spend more time asking appropriate questions rather than giving answers or opinions, your listening skills will increase.
Brian Koslow
I hope that between one of us we can win one. Right now, it's more about (Columbus) pride. It's more or less a city thing rather than just a school thing.
Warren Beulah
It wasn't what I wanted. I'd rather leave here with a third than (leave) with nothing at all like I did last year. I guess I wrestled a lot better once I lost because it gave me the drive.
Tommy Hill
Our fear is that the savings will be on the back of poor people rather than highly profitable pharmaceutical companies and highly profitable abusive providers.
Kathleen Stoll
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor Hugo
Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.
Adam Clayton Powell
Typically, we advocate if there is a complaint-based system in place, utilize that rather than go to an ordinance that requires inspection for everyone.
Kristian James
These are numbers we can hang our hats on and will help us when we discuss options using this procedure rather than drug therapy.
Hugh Calkins
Honestly, going 20-0 doesn't mean a lot to me. I'd rather win championships than go undefeated. I'm glad we're playing a team like Massillon before the tournament ... We don't want to overlook Cleveland East, though.
Gregg Collins
The jail we have now was clearly not built big enough. We didn't look far enough ahead and we shouldn't be too surprised we are in this spot now. At the time, the county focused on how much we could spend rather than what we needed.
Don Jankowski
Formally speaking, nothing has changed at the end of the day. But beneath the superficial format, rather clear-cut changes are under way.
Haruo Shimada
You have to work 200 hours to help build your home. It's a hand up rather than a hand-out, it's not a giveaway.
Jennifer Wilson
I just think that we need a government that is, perhaps, more open. I think we need to be more proactive, rather than reactionary.
Steve Whalen
That's the age when classes start to become departmentalized and this could be the first manifestation of learning differences, because now the child is going from class to class. You may be looking at a time management or organizational problem rather than a problem with the subject matter.
Carol Loewith
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