Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the…

“Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a…

— Lao Tzu

My definition of sobriety is to be in full control and not feel drunk, but it's not abstaining for religious reasons or any other…

— Spencer Matthews

Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian, or any…

— C. S. Lewis

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be…

— Herman Wouk

To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is not the…

— Ferdinand Foch

Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in a little…

— Mike Bickle

I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything.

— Matt Roper

“Virtue consists not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.” She”

— Christine Wiltz

“Freedom from activity is never achieved by abstaining from action. Nobody can become perfect by merely ceasing to act. In fact, nobody can ever…

— Anonymous

Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

This is not what anyone wants to hear, just like somebody who wants to lose weight doesn't want to hear 'diet and exercise,' but…

— Julie Klausner

It was palpable, all that wanting: Mother wanting something more, Dad wanting something more, everyone wanting something more. This wasn't going to do for…

— Anne Taylor Fleming

If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their beloved, they…

— Plato

Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining from all…

— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Paraphrased: The way of al-Junayd includes among other things abstaining constantly from resisting God Most High in whatever happens to one, whether good or…

— Ibn Ata Allah