Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.

I am obliged to renounce violence, and abstain from it altogether.

— Leo Tolstoy

Renounce all things, and thou shalt find all things; give up thy lust, and thou shalt find rest.

— Thomas a Kempis

You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Entbehren sollst du - sollst entbehren. Thou shalt forego, shalt do without.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is with art as with love: How can a man of the world,with all his distractions, keep the inwardness which an artist must…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking, so much,…

— Jonathan Edwards

We live only to dance. If living were not an essential prerequisite, we would abstain.

— Toni Bentley

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it…

— Elaine Stritch

In doubt if an action is just, abstain.

— Zoroaster

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

— Epictetus

Make no mistake: Deciding to abstain from the Pledge of Allegiance does communicate something, and therefore, it is a form of speech. It's also…

— Kat Timpf

“THAT you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves, from these you do…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

When you are near I abstain myself,but when you are away I badly miss you sweetheart.

— Pappi Reddy

We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to…

— John Randolph of Roanoke