Abstain Quotes

92 Abstain quotes by 75 unique authors

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine
When you doubt, abstain. — Ambrose Bierce
A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. — Ambrose Bierce
And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is… — Carre Otis
Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain… — George Washington
"Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange… — Ayn Rand
We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to observe… — John Randolph of Roanoke
Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for their own advantage and without… — Bridget of Sweden
If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have you… — Seneca the Younger
Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain from… — Henry David Thoreau
Acid is not for every brain .... Only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences. This elitism is totally self-determined.… — Timothy Leary
The British government has urged its citizens to abstain from alcohol at least two days a week. Or to make it easier to remember, whenever… — Conan O'Brien
Islam makes very large claims for itself. In its art, there is a prejudice against representing the human form at all. The prohibition on picturing… — Christopher Hitchens
Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are? — John Green
Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones — Gautama Buddha
But look at the men who have those perverted notions about the grace of Jesus Christ which has come down to us, and see how… — Ignatius of Antioch
To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome. — Gautama Buddha
But though such is our character (Oh. why should I speak of things unfit to be uttered?), the things said of us are an example… — Athenagoras of Athens
The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful… — Benedict of Nursia
Christ sayeth not, Abstain from the flesh, from marrying, from housekeeping, etc., as the Papists teach, for that were even to invite the devil and all his… — Martin Luther
I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices — Sharron Angle
The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting… — William Henry Harrison
If unable to abstain from drinking, a man may get drunk three times a month; if he does it more than three times he is… — Genghis Khan

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