Abide Quotes

296 quotes by 259 authors

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others. — Oprah Winfrey
It is astounding to me, and achingly sad, that with eighty thousand people on the waiting list for donated hearts and livers and kidneys, with… — Mary Roach
It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. Each one of us… — Paulo Coelho
Something in the heart of most human beings simply cannot abide pain inflicted on the innocent, especially children. Even broken men serving in the worst… — William P. Young
Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best. — Lord Chesterfield
Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be. — Alan Weisman
I had never wanted to be one of those girls in love with boys who would not have me. Unrequited love - plain desperate aboveboard… — Elizabeth McCracken
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity… — Daniel Webster
Only one thing bothered me: at this very moment, as they say, of inexplicable bliss there would be a sinking feeling at the pit of… — Ivan Turgenev
Iâ€™ll abide by my word, but you will never win me back! Believe me, in two weeks I will slice open your throat, drink from… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Everything is perfect. Everything is fine. The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind. Of course there may be… — Jason Mraz
On a whim, he stopped and bought a watch from a sidewalk vendor. Normally, Billy could not abide keeping time, especially when it was attached… — Jim Carroll
Abide not with dualism, Carefully avoid pursuing it; As soon as you have right and wrong, Confusion ensues, and Mind is lost. (172) — Edward Conze
Turn back, turn back,thou pretty bride, Within this house thou must not abide. For here do evil things betide. — Jacob Grimm
The most powerful movement of feeling with a liturgy is the prayer which seeks for nothing special, but is a yearning to escape from the… — George Eliot
Julian spoke with the clear, unequivocal lucidity of madmen who have escaped the hypocrisy of having to abide by a reality that makes no sense. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
You think I have more than most people dream of? What other people dream of doesn't matter. I always had less than I ever dreamt… — Stephen Fry
The Master said, â€œWealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not… — Confucius
He found that it was easy to make a heroic gesture, but hard to abide by its results. — W. Somerset Maugham
Was it really some other person I was so anxious to discover...or was it only my own solitude that I could not abide? — David Markson

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