Maintain Quotes

1285 Maintain quotes by 1035 unique authors

Kindness. The only possible method when dealing with a living creature. You'll get nowhere with an animal if you use terror, no matter what its… — Mikhail Bulgakov
It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your… — Simon R. Green
I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for… — Patrick O'Brian
I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk. — Timothy Findley
Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what we know is… — Alain de Botton
When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment. — Bell Hooks
Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of equilibrium that guarantees the survival of any particular species… — Ayn Rand
To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.… — Maya Angelou
General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power. — Herbert M. Shelton
How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then?… — Hunter S. Thompson
When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness. — Napoleon Hill
The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by… — Oswald Chambers
Happiness is the pleasantest of emotions; because of this, it is the most dangerous. Having once felt happiness, one will do anything to maintain it,… — Kij Johnson
But it is much later in the game now, and ignorance of the score is inexcusable. To be unaware that a technology comes equipped with… — Neil Postman
After much prayer, careful study and reliance on the Holy Spirit, I have concluded this about Christ’s intercession for us. Jesus died on the cross… — David Wilkerson
He is only happy when he can maintain himself - mentally and spiritually - at the intersection between a vertical line and horizontal one, in… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I know of a wild region whose librarians repudiate the vain superstitious custom of seeking any sense in books and compare it to looking for… — Jorge Luis Borges
I think it takes an amazing amount of energy to convince oneself that the Forever Person isn't just around the corner. In the end I… — Douglas Coupland
Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and… — Aung San Suu Kyi
And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting… — Stephen King
I want us to be together without bothering about ourselves- to be really together because we ARE together, as if it were a phenomenon, not… — D. H. Lawrence
..the struggle to end sexist oppression that focuses on destroying the cultural basis for such domination strengthens other liberation struggles. Individuals who fight for the… — Bell Hooks
Casual?" Elam halted and crossed his arms. "My good horse, there's a big difference between casual and confident. I am aware of the danger, but......I… — Bryan Davis
Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I… — William James
I've gotten thrown out of thirty-seven straight games,' he said. 'Once or twice, I've had to go really crazy. I ran onto the court with… — John Green

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