Coaxed Quotes
20 quotes by 16 authors
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Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot…
— Mark Twain
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A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
— Mark Twain
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In pain shall you bring forth children, woman, and you shall turn to your husband and he shall rule over you. And do you not…
— Tertullian
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Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then…
— Oliver Goldsmith
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It may well be a sign of the decadence of the Church and the failure of Christianity that gifts have to be coaxed out of…
— William Barclay
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... the woman who grows up with the idea that she is simply to be an amiable animal, to be caressed and coaxed, is invariably…
— Charles Dickens
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Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.
— Mark Twain
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It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so…
— Vance Havner
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We demand to be coaxed and comforted, to be encouraged and gratified, so we choose a teacher who will give us what we crave for.…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
— Orison Swett Marden
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She could see so clearly now that he was only a childish fancy, no more important really than her spoiled desire for the aquamarine earbobs…
— Margaret Mitchell
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Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.
— Pearl S. Buck
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I paused for a light at Hamilton and TWlfth and noticed the Nissan was running rough at idle. Two blocks later it backfired and stalled.…
— Janet Evanovich
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Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.
— Mark Twain
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I held out a lead figurine of Hades—the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter. Nico hesitated. "I don’t play…
— Rick Riordan
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Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy. And Denise shone like a…
— Anneli Rufus
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A horse may be coaxed to drink, but a pencil must be lead.
— Stan Laurel
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Today, I seduced a Rainbow....I whispered away her melancholy, I sang away her sadness, I tickled and caressed away her loneliness, and coaxed from her…
— Eric Nickel
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Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time
— Mark Twain
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Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of Heaven, unmasked and unsought
— Ritu Ghatourey
Who Wrote These Coaxed Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 20 Coaxed Quotes as follows: