Lest Quotes

372 quotes by 299 authors

Stay free of petty jealousies, live by no man's code, and hold your judgment for yourself, lest you wind up on this road. — Bob Dylan
And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray, Implore… — Robert Burns
Lest when I am gone you may be at a loss for an epitaph for me, let me give you one - He Fed Fevers. — Robert James Graves
Love longs to be free, a stranger to every worldly desire, lest its inner vision become dimmed, and lest worldly self-interest hinder it or ill-fortune… — Thomas a Kempis
Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts of the world… — Pope John Paul II
Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew. — William Shakespeare
Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart. — Margaret of Valois
Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in… — Eric Hoffer
The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to form any, but catches up the first idle rumour, lest… — William Hazlitt
O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown is a far… — Leonardo da Vinci
Look in, and see Christ's chosen saint In triumph wear his Christ-like chain; No fear lest he should swerve or faint; "His life is Christ,… — John Keble
Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the… — George Herbert
Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself. — Max Ehrmann
Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the… — Richard Rohr
We associate leadership with decisiveness. That perception of leadership pushes people to make decisions fairly quickly, lest they be seen as dithering and indecisive. — Daniel Kahneman
We cannot rest and sit down lest we rust and decay. Health is maintained only through work. And as it is with all life so… — Max Planck
Take care lest perchance you fall into the mistake of thinking to gain more by being merciful than by being just; for to pardon him… — Baldassare Castiglione
If the Son was begotten by the Holy Ghost, it would be very dangerous to baptize and confirm females, and give the Holy Ghost to… — Brigham Young
My Faith is larger than the Hillsâ€” So when the Hills decayâ€” My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the wayâ€”… — Emily Dickinson
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than… — Saint Basil

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