Avoid Quotes

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Catholic dioceses typically spent hundreds of thousands of dollars recklessly, then filed for bankruptcy. The goal was to avoid the money going to the hands… — Dan Rather
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. — Joshua Reynolds
I am going to tell you what nature behaves like. If you will simply admit that maybe she does behave like this, you will find… — Richard P. Feynman
I am not very skeptical... a good deal of skepticism in a scientific man is advisable to avoid much loss of time, but I have… — Charles Darwin
If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them. — Sun Tzu
This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. We've talked about it before and speculated about it, and… — John Glenn
To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but… — Aristotle
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid: the state of being alone. — James A. Baldwin
The window of opportunity to avoid dangerous climate change is closing more quickly than previously thought. — David Miliband
An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking… — Michael Shurtleff
Sadly, some folks want others to feel their pain, to hurt as much as they do-or more. My grandmother once told me to avoid colds… — Walter Inglis Anderson
Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy. — Matt Lucas
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something… — Denis Waitley
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from… — Roy H. Williams
One of the basic things we should avoid is to criticize others. Better to criticize yourself. Criticize yourself, criticize your brothers and sisters, criticize your… — Nirmala Srivastava
Wisdom doesn't mean that you know how to argue things or you fight with people. No, it doesn't mean that. Wisdom means how you take… — Nirmala Srivastava
Heaven might be defined as the place which men avoid. — Henry David Thoreau
When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us. — M. Scott Peck
To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the… — Jack Kornfield
The way to avoid evil is not by maiming our passions, but by compelling them to yield their vigor to our moral nature. — Henry Ward Beecher

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