#portion

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#draws #himself #hindered #man #outward

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#central #europe #find #food #good

Not only does the proportion of the poor increase with the growth of the city, but their condition becomes more wretched. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#city #condition #does #growth #increase

Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership; and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests. ↗

— Chester Irving Barnard

#depends #derives #endurance #endure #governed

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. ↗

— Robert Burton

#devil #farthest #feed #fullest #general

The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line. ↗

— Charles Edward Montague

#duties #front #his #inverse #line

The business man who assumes that this life is everything, and the mystic who asserts that it is nothing, fail, on this side and on that, to hit the truth. "Yes, I see, dear; it's about halfway between," Aunt Juley had hazarded in earlier years. No; truth, being alive, was not halfway between anything. It was only to be found by continuous excursions into either realm, and though proportion is the final secret, to espouse it at the outset is to ensure sterility. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#business

Also a portion of my sales go directly to Greenpeace. ↗

— Rick Danko

#directly #go #greenpeace #portion #sales

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well. ↗

— Charles Van Doren

#aristotle #describe #ethics #happiness #his

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#honest #last-long #long-lasting #money #presist