Guard Against Quotes

93 Guard Against quotes by 76 unique authors

As a young writer, I was on guard against the Latina in me, the Spanish in me because as far as I could see the… — Julia Alvarez
We should be on our guard against the temptation to argue directly from skill to capacity, and to assume when a man displays skill in… — Unknown Author
Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions. — Luke the Evangelist
The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there is always a… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing — Lord Acton
To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its… — Samuel Johnson
One should guard against believing the great masses to be more stupid than they actually are. — Adolf Hitler
When you begin a picture you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do it over several… — Pablo Picasso
Anything God does, the enemy tries to counterfeit. We have to be on guard against the enemy! — Beth Moore
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in several… — Leslie Jamison
Eternal vigilance must be maintained to guard against those who seek to stifle ideas, establish a narrow orthodoxy, and divide our nation along arbitrary lines… — Jesse Ventura
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
Sometimes compromise is important. Sometimes it's better to give in to someone else's wishes in order to have fun as a group or as a… — Melody Beattie
Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing the stuff of… — Mahatma Gandhi
Clearly in the eyes of the consumer; the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs. — Richard Branson
We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the… — George S. Patton
For Scripture is the school of the Holy Spirit, in which, as nothing is omitted that is both necessary and useful to know, so nothing… — John Calvin
There are more speculators about New Westminster and Victoria than there were in Winnipeg during the boom and they are a much sharper lot. Nearly… — William Cornelius Van Horne
Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it. — Rumi
As Latter-day Saints we must ever be vigilant. The way for each person and each family to guard against the slings and arrows of the… — Spencer W. Kimball
Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. Whatever its momentary and alluring guise, pride is the enemy,… — Neal A. Maxwell
Were I to sum up the Basle Congress in a word- which I shall guard against pronouncing publicly- it would be this: 'At Basle, I… — Theodor Herzl
It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an… — W. Somerset Maugham
I have all my life been on my guard against the information conveyed by the sense of hearing -- it being one of my earliest… — Mary Wortley Montagu
When you are insulted by someone or humiliated, guard against angry thoughts, lest they arouse a feeling of irritation, and so cut you off from… — Maximus the Confessor

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