Severity Quotes

Search more than 36,000 Quotes by over 6,000 Authors.

FEATURED

AUTHORS

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Famous American poet, essayist and philosopher.

View Quotes >>

Marilyn Monroe

Famous American actress, model and singer.

View Quotes >>

Albert Einstein

German-born mathematician and theoretical physicist.

If you like this page, please
share it with your friends!

Severity Quotes

Showing: 1 - 5 Severity Quotes of 5

If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance, he may not love you, but he will take a deep interest in your movements ever afterwards.

Rudyard Kipling

Excessive severity misses its own aim.

Publilius Syrus

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness.

Sa'di

Nothing comes of severity if there be no leanings towards a change of heart. And if there be natural leanings towards a change of heart, what need for severity?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I must be cruel, only to be kind.

William Shakespeare

Browse Page(s):

Positive Quote

People only see what they are prepared to see.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life Quote

Count your age by friends, not years Count your life by smiles, not tears.

- John Lennon

Friendship Quote

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

- Mary Richards

Unhappiness Quote

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

- Marilyn Monroe

Life Quote

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

- Maya Angelou

Home Page About Project Link to Us Tell a Friend Contact Us Privacy Policy Copyright Statement

All quotations on this website are the property and copyright of their respective authors. All quotations are provided for educational and informational purposes only.