You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“How can we abstain from sexual immorality? Only God can give us the grace.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“When you abstain from eating and drinking animal products, fewer animals are slaughtered, and you contribute less to climate degradation.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
We live only to dance. If living were not an essential prerequisite, we would abstain. — Toni Bentley Copy Share Image
Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“THAT you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves, from these… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking,… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a… — Johanna de Silentio Copy Share Image
The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: Deciding to abstain from the Pledge of Allegiance does communicate something, and therefore, it is a form of speech.… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at… — John Randolph of Roanoke Copy Share Image
“I believe that every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition has… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to… — John Nelson Darby Copy Share Image
“AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call ‘The Presumption of Sickness,’ i.e., the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm,… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Not only should we observe moderation with food, but we must also abstain from every other sin so that just as we… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth… — Plato Copy Share Image
I am conscious that meat eatingis not in accordance with the finer feelings,and I abstain from it whenever I can. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
“Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. (1 PETER 2:11)” — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“TANTRA is a field that says neither abstain nor be obsessed. This can be handled by a few, even if you have… — Anupama Garg Copy Share Image
When you are near I abstain myself,but when you are away I badly miss you sweetheart. — Pappi Reddy Copy Share Image
“Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely!... except… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
