To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Time and again our best and brightest have alerted society to looming problems, but our persistent pattern has been to ignore the… — Eugene Linden Copy Share Image
If a well-constituted individual refrains from blazoning aught amiss or calamitous in his family, a nation in the like circumstance may without… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
“It is good to exercise patience. But never let your patience be the type that will keep you refrained from acting.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Eva [Braun] also cried when [Adolf Hitler] would leave her for long periods. She was inconsolable without him, that was a never-changing… — Gretl Braun Copy Share Image
I see the origin of the irresistible attraction of metaphor and analogy, the explanation of our strange and permanent need to find… — Roger Caillois Copy Share Image
Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
My earnest prayer is that you will have the courage required to refrain from judging others, the courage to be chaste and… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
The best we can do is strive to minimize the amount of harm we cause by living. We need to eat in… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
He is careful to deny responsibility for September, but he does not, you notice, condemn the killings. He also refrains from killing… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
There are a billion songs that I've heard and said, 'I don't even care to have an opinion about it,' but if… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
"Who are we to say what is right and what is wrong?" is the common refrain under the doctrine of pure pluralism.… — Benjamin Hart Copy Share Image
Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have… — Samuel E. Morison Copy Share Image
Some authors state that the last stage in this chain of measurements involves "consciousness," or the "intellectual inner life" of the observer,… — Asher Peres Copy Share Image
I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, give advice to a woman who is setting out on a matrimonial… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years. When I… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
We urge persons with same-gender attractions to control those and to refrain from acting upon them, which is a sin, just as… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. — Horace Copy Share Image
I am perfectly confident that I could never adequately convey to any other human being the precise reasons why I continue to… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image