Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
There is a one-in-300 chance that Earth will be struck on March 16, 2880, by an asteroid large enough to destroy civilization… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
If you're going to live in a community, you have to refrain from killing one another and stealing from one another. You… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president,… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
The Japanese tend to communicate via nuance and euphemism, often leaving important things unsaid; whereas Americans tend to think they're being subtle… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none. — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
This is a photograph, so it is as you see: there are no lies and no deceptions. One can detect here, elevated… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more favorable to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
One cannot be honest even at the end of one's life, for no one is wholly alone. We are bound to those… — Florida Scott-Maxwell Copy Share Image
Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern yourself with whether it is followed… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“I need to get in line,' I said. 'Should I walk up with you?' 'No,' I said, 'because we'll start this routine… — Mark Wallace Copy Share Image
The big diffrence between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses and the warrior refrains. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just as the grammarian makes one study grammar, A Buddha teaches according to the tolerance of his students; Some he urges to… — Akkineni Nagarjuna Copy Share Image
It is a bigger miracle to be patient and refrain from anger than it is to control the demons which fly through… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Until government administrators can so identify the interests of government with those of the people and refrain from defrauding the masses through… — Elgin Groseclose Copy Share Image
If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators… — Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
If the creatures with fur/feathers/fins are our brothers in a lower stage of development then their very weakness and inability to protest,… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
We're not all the same. A common liberal refrain is that differences between individuals are statistically more significant than those between cultural,… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image