Abandoned Quotes

532 quotes by 468 authors

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned. — William Bartram
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. — Bernard Baruch
Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're… — Martha Beck
My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned. — Halle Berry
As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their… — Martin Van Buren
Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law… — Robert Byrd
After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the… — David Cameron
Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you also… — Giles Andreae
Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering… — Charlotte Gray
Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the spring… — Peter Mayle
Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by God. On the… — John of Shanghai and San Francisco
Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name, or one that… — Jonas Hallgrimsson
In the many trials of life, when we feel abandoned and when sorrow, sin, disappointment, failure, and weakness make us less than we should ever… — James E. Faust
Ground which can be abandoned but is hard to re-occupy is called entangling. — Sun Tzu
If you want to obtain the secrets of such wonderful techniques, drill yourself, harden yourself, undergo severe training, abandoned body and mind; follow this course… — Yamaoka Tesshu
A man who has once looked with the archaeological eye will never see quite normally. He will be wounded by what other men call trifles.… — Loren Eiseley
Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that… — Dalai Lama
Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in their hands or… — Lyndon B. Johnson

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