I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining…

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

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

“Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature.”

— Lao Tzu

“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

An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to be sure…

— Andrei Tarkovsky