Rather Quotes

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Too many people want the appearance of winning rather than the practices and hard work that create a true champion.

It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.

The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge.

I prefer to be crazy and happy rather than normal and bitter.

I would rather be a rebel than a slave.

The purpose of life is a life with a purpose.

So I’d rather die for a cause, than live a life that is worthless.

Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Happiness is not mere pleasure, not the outcome of wealth.

It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.

I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.

Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.

Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. Jan Morris prefers this for himself.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

I'd rather be proud of what I am, rather than desperatly try to be something I'm really not; just to fit in.

Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to be the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life, rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live, which is only a part of it.

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect.

A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem.

I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky.

Females in our generation morals are just out the window.

Materialistic things aren't life. I'd rather walk in the rain with a man who treats me like a queen than to ride in a Benz with a man who treats me like crap.

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.

The greatest evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimate slavery. Because we never dealt with that evil, I don't think slavery ended in 1865, it just evolved.

What is desired is that the teacher ceased being a lecturer, satisfied with transmitting ready-made solutions. His role should rather be that of a mentor stimulating initiative and research.

People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa. It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege.

When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.