Avoid Quotes
2552 quotes by 1849 authors
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But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death.…
— Plato
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As we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us that…
— Alexander MacLaren
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If you're outraged at conditions, then you can't possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing…
— Cesar Chavez
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The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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All living beings have experience of pleasure and pain, and we are among them. What makes human beings different is that we have a powerful…
— Dalai Lama
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As a designer, I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed; that's why I avoid all animal skins.
— Stella McCartney
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Leaders goal: Avoid building around only ONE person's ministry gifting. Longevity is in a team, not an individual!
— Brian Houston
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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
— Sheryl Sandberg
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Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.
— Plato
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Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of distress in your…
— Epictetus
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Let’s face it, we’re all imperfect and we’re going to fall short on occasion. But we must learn from failure and that will enable us…
— John Wooden
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All you can do is handle it, worst thing you can do is panic. Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity, manage to conquer ever…
— Unknown Author
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One of the few ways I can almost be certain I'll understand something is by sitting down and writing about it. Because by forcing yourself…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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Thank God for acupuncture. It's been around for 2000 years. It's not going anyplace and people use it all of the time for a variety…
— Tim Daly
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It is impossible to be a maverick or a true original if you're too well behaved and don't want to break the rules. You have…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for…
— Richard Branson
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The unexpectedness of life, waiting round every corner, catches even wise women unawares (...) To avoid corners altogether is, after all, to refuse to live.
— Freya Stark
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You can raise her up a lady but there’s one thing you just can't avoid...
— Trace Adkins
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But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is…
— William Arthur Ward
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It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a…
— Martin Luther
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