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He surveyed the edifice from the outside, and admired it greatly; he looked in at the windows, and received an impression of proportions equally fair. But he felt that he saw it only by glimpses, and that he had not yet stood under the roof. The door was fastened, and although he had keys in his pocket he had a conviction that none of them would fit. She was intelligent and generous; it was a fine free nature, but what was she going to do with herself? Henry James
Corrie Ten Boom quote: "Child, you have to learn to see things in the right..."
Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small. Corrie Ten Boom
If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs. Henry David Thoreau
But with the increase of serious and just ground of complaint, a new kind of patience had sprung up in her Mother's mind. She was gentle and quiet in intense bodily suffering, almost in proportion as she had been restless and depressed when there had been no real cause for grief. Elizabeth Gaskell
Dean Koontz quote: "We're out of cocktail olives, it's a tragedy of historic..."
We're out of cocktail olives, it's a tragedy of historic proportions, but we're coping because we're Americans. Dean Koontz
In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason. Baruch Spinoza
Relatives share a substantial proportion of their genes. Each selfish gene therefore has its loyalties divided between different bodies. Richard Dawkins
Brian Tracy quote: "Success in life is in direct proportion to what you do after..."
Success in life is in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do. Brian Tracy
Mark Twain quote: "Consider well the proportion of things: it is better to be a..."
Consider well the proportion of things: it is better to be a young June bug than an old bird of paradise. Mark Twain
The truth is, a person's memory has no more sense that his conscience, and no appreciation whatever of values and proportions. Mark Twain
Tony Robbins quote: "The quality of your life, is directly proportional to the..."
The quality of your life, is directly proportional to the amount of the unknown in your life". Tony Robbins Tony Robbins
One has only to set a loved human being against the fact that we are all in peril all the time to get back a sense of proportion. What does anything matter compared to the reality of love and its span, so brief at best, maintained against such odds? May Sarton
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator of things into comic proportions and extravagant in her imagination. Andrew Motion
I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene. Andrew Morton
Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'. Steven Morrissey

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