Favors quotes
599 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside favors — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"I suspected [Richard Nixon] was very pro-Pakistan. Or rather I knew that the Americans had always been in favor of Pakistan - not so much because they were in favor of Pakistan, but because they were against India."
"It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it."
"I'm in favor of progress; it's change I don't like."
"He makes this favor common to all, because it is propounded to all, and not because it is in reality extended to all; for though Christ suffered for the sins of the whole world, and is offered through God’s benignity indiscriminately to all, yet all do not receive him."
"Of religion I know nothing -- at least, in its favor."
"When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young."
"All the shy people are doomed! Natural selection favors the loud and the aggressive"
"A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it."
"Donald Trump has come out in favor of shutting down Planned Parenthood. However, experts say, if he really wants Planned Parenthood to go under he should turn it into a Trump property."
"A moral choice in its basic terms appears to be a choice that favors survival: a choice made in favor of life."
"One precedent in favor of power is stronger than a hundred against it."
"Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it."
"Live life as if its rigged in your favor."
"We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation."
"Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!"
"A favor is half granted, when graciously refused."
"it was easier to do a friendly thing than it was to stay and be thanked for it."
"I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent."
"A nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous."
"The Galilean is not a favorite of mine. So far from owing him any thanks for his favor, I cannot avoid confessing that I owe a secret grudge to his carpentership."
