Quotes by Proportion We die in proportion to the words we fling around us. Emile M. Cioran flingproportionwriting The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population. Ernst Engel proportionstandardspopulation A person's creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously. Eric Hoffer proportiondegreescreative We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld proportionfeel-goodself Man acquires wealth in proportion as he puts his labor to better account. Frederic Bastiat proportionwealthmen It is no accident that on the whole there was more beauty and decency to be found in the life of the small peoples, and that among the large ones there was more happiness and content in proportion as they had avoided the deadly blight of centralization. Friedrich August von Hayek blightcentralizationproportion Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse George Crumb proportionspiritualmight Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened. George D. Prentice fortressesproportionhabit Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another. George Herbert proportionlimbsmen A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion. George Washington proportionpunishmentprison Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing. Grace Slick insignificantproportionevents We will become mightier and more powerful in our own right in direct proportion to the service and contribution we make to strengthen the Church. Henry D. Moyle proportionpowerfulchurch Our success in influencing or elevating others is in proportion to their belief in our belief in them. Henry Drummond proportioninfluencebelief We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are. Henry James proportioncarepeople Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller. . .who always proportions his stay in any place. Henry Fielding travellerproportionwells I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts. Herbert Hoover proportioninfluencewar We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate Ilya Prigogine chaosproportiongrows We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without. Henry David Thoreau proportionless-is-moresimplicity If man had a sense of proportion, he would die of shame. J. M. Ledgard shameproportionmen Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst. J. C. Ryle proportionscripturebook«1234567»
