To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.
There are many portions of economical doctrine which appear to me as scientific in form as they are consonant with facts.
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
The struggle between Liberty and Authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar; particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England
We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet. This conservatism has penalized our results but it is the only behavior that leaves us comfortable, considering our fiduciary obligations to policyholders, depositors, lenders and the many equity holders who have committed unusually large portions of their net worth to our care.
Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.
I eat a balanced diet. The secret is to watch your portions, but I also work out a lot. Working out a lot isn't necessary, but I am very active, and my body can endure intense workouts.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
A portion of the multitude must ever be coerced.
Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.
As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days.
All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
That portion of reality that can be composed within a frame can be understood.
If you could eat portions of pine trees, you could eliminate corn in many ways.
There is a deeper portion of our being that we rarely allow others to see. Call it a soul maybe, this is the place that holds the most value. All else can drift but this. When this dies our body has no meaning.
The price of corn will naturally rise with the difficulty of producing the last portions of it.
I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
All so-called revealed religions consist mainly of three portions, a cosmogony more or less mythical, a history more or less falsified, and a moral code more or less pure.
There's a substantial portion of my recorded repertoire that was learned for the recording sessions, and then basically forgotten. I wouldn't say it's the majority, but it's a fairly good chunk of it.
Real success comes in small portions day by day.
