Avoid Quotes

2552 quotes by 1849 authors

I don't mean to be insolent. I'm truthful. I tell the truth and the truth sometimes hurts. For instance, you have bad breath, Lieutenant. I… — Robert Cormier
It was sort of the pattern to my life - I'd never been strong enough to deal with the things outside my control, to attack… — Stephenie Meyer
Iâ€™m â€œexceptionalâ€- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of â€œgiftedâ€ and â€œdeprivedâ€ (which used to mean â€œbrightâ€ and â€œretardedâ€) and as soon… — Daniel Keyes
Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous... — J. Michael Straczynski
Everything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously… — Barbara Mertz
If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to… — Daniel Handler
Grief is the price we pay for being close to one another. If we want to avoid our grief, we simply avoid each other. — Thomas Lynch
I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make… — John Newton
Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life. — Lionel Shriver
Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your… — Pat Conroy
Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid… — BrenÃ© Brown
This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias's rises and falls. That's why I can't let him… — Veronica Roth
it is easy to surpass a predecessor, but difficult to avoid being surpassed by a successor. — Eiji Yoshikawa
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One… — Carl Jung
Everybody gets jolted. You, me, before we die weâ€™ll all get nailed, lots of times. But that doesnâ€™t mean weâ€™ll get turned into witches. You… — David James Duncan
To avoid pain, they avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life. — Rajneesh
The key to happiness - as any good fairy godmother will tell you - is not to avoid problems, but to overcome them. — Janette Rallison
There is only one princess in the Disney tales, one girl who gets to be exalted. Princesses may confide in a sympathetic mouse or teacup,… — Peggy Orenstein
If you wish to avoid an unpleasant story you had best put this book down — Daniel Handler
To recognize our bias toward error should teach us modesty and reflection, and to forgive it should help us avoid the inhumanity of thinking we… — Marilynne Robinson

Who Wrote These Avoid Quotes

1,849 authors contributed a total of 2,552 Avoid Quotes, led by these top contributors: