#greater

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance. ↗

— David Mamet

#conservative #gay #get #greater #liberal

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#action #always #best #better #get

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#greater #looked #much #our #our father

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites. ↗

— Diana Ross

#difficult #felt #greater #happiness #i

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#breakup #concurrently #device #did #even

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. ↗

— Rollo May

#courage #easier #freedom #greater #inner

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#because #comfort #comfort zone #day-to-day #giving