Wise comparisons!
Posted by nabil medawar in Inspirational Quotes, Words of wisdom, tags: between, Difference, difference between
- Between man and woman there is little difference, but vive la difference. ~ French Proverb
- Between the “yes” and “no” of a woman you can’t place a pin. ~ Spanish Proverb
- Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.~ Bernard Berenson
- Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.~ Tryon Edwards
- Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.~ Lord Byron
- Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? ~ E. C. Bentley
- I can’t see or feel the conflict between love and religion. To me, they’re the same thing.~ Elizabeth Bowen
- In a choice between bad company and loneliness — the second is preferable. ~ Spanish Proverb
- In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.~ Yogi Berra
- It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.~ Louisa May Alcott
- Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.~ Robert Bresson
- The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.~ Sharon Anthony Bower
- The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.~ Brendan F. Behan
- The biggest difference between time and space is that you can’t reuse time.~ Merrick Furst
- The bridge between joy and sorrow is not long. ~ German Proverb
- The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.~ Thomas Carlyle
- The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.~ Tom Bodett
- The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.~ Salvador Dali
- The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake…~ Nelson Boswell
- The difference between one man and another is not mere ability… it is energy.~ Thomas Arnold
- The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.~ Henry Ward Beecher
- The difference between possible and impossible is hard work and commitment.~ Robert Dole
- The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.~ Tom Bodett
- The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.~ Marguerite Gardiner
- The distance between heaven and earth is no greater than one thought. ~ Mongolian Proverb
- The great difference between voyages rests not in ships but in the people you meet on them.~ Amelia Burr
- The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: I DID NOT HAVE TIME.~ Franklin Field
- The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one’s work seriously and taking one’s self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second is disastrous.~ Margaret Fontey
- The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.~ Dorothea Brande
- The only difference between dreams and achievements is hard work.~ Chris Bollwage.
- The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad.~ Salvador Dali
- The real contest is always between what you’ve done and what you’re capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.~ Geoffrey Gaberino
- The real difference between men is energy.~ Thomas Fuller
- There is a deep sea between saying and doing. ~ Italian Proverb
- There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.~ Francis Bacon
- There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.~ Marlene Dietrich
- There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
- There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.~ Francis Bacon
- The whole difference between construction and creation is this; that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.~ Charles Dickens
- Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.~ Edward De Bono
- When ever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither is safe.~ Edmund Burke
- Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil — not the strength to choose between the two.~ John Cheever
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