Harm Quotes
1396 quotes by 1024 authors
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Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans.
— R. H. Tawney
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Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
— Carlos Slim
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Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does…
— Byron White
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Since the events of September 11, weve rightfully changed our military strategy so were now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do…
— Jim Gerlach
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I think flowers are very beautiful things. Very nice and innocent things. They don't harm anybody.
— Steven Morrissey
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I felt I couldn't be a good mom anymore, but I didn't want my children to grow up without a mom. I felt I had…
— Susan Smith
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Violence appears to be most commonly a result of threatened egotism -- that is, highly favorable views of self that are disputed by some person…
— Roy Baumeister
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He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Now departure from the world of men is nothing to fear, if gods exist: because they would not involve you in any harm. If they…
— Marcus Aurelius
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My prayer today is to become more mindful of my personal actions. What motivates me to do what I do and to say the things…
— Caroline Myss
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Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring…
— Jack Handey
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Congress has greatly tightened the loopholes terrorists can use to harm Americans. We need to do more. We need controls immediately on what forms of…
— Elton Gallegly
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One cannot make command decisions simply by assessing the tactical situation and going ahead with whatever course of action will do the most harm to…
— Joe Haldeman
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The actual and potential harm of use of the drug is not great enough to justify intrusion by the criminal law into private behavior, a…
— Raymond P. Shafer
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Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or…
— Lysander Spooner
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Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.
— Carol S. Dweck
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RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to our busy minds…
— Ben Marcus
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A Chinese tale tells of some men sent to harm a young girl who, upon seeing her beauty, become her protectors rather than her violators.…
— Taylor Wang
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Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure…
— Richard V. Allen
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Our humanist attitude should therefore throughout be to stress what we all have in common with each other and relegate quarrelsome religion to the private…
— Hermann Bondi
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