You shall abstain, shall abstain. That is the eternal song. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Food is like sex: when you abstain, even the worst stuff begins to look good. — Beth McCollister Copy Share Image
“How can we abstain from sexual immorality? Only God can give us the grace.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat. — Nikola Tesla 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
“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
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
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
“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
As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which… — Abraham Lincoln 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
I think it actually is easier for players to abstain from watching than it is for people who haven't experienced it. I… — Chris Borland Copy Share Image
The Christian must abstain from sin. It is as simple and direct as that. You have no right to say, 'I am… — Martyn 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
Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it… — Mark Twain 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
“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
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
“Abstain from reading comedy or other government economic statistics.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The future not being born, my friend, we will abstain from baptizing it. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
