Negligent Quotes
27 quotes by 25 authors
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It is said that the inferior seek to emulate the superior. Thus, if a general slackens only a little, those beneath him will be greatly…
— Kato Kiyomasa
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One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study…
— Takeda Nobushige
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He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
— Samuel Johnson
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Our confidence in Christ does not make us lazy, negligent, or careless, but on the contrary it awakens us, urges us on, and makes us…
— Huldrych Zwingli
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Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending; a negligent youth is usually attended by an ignorant middle…
— Anne Bradstreet
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Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly, while the psalm is upon their…
— Isaac Watts
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Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority.
— Jane Austen
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...the grace of the Spirit takes possession of the quiet soul, and gives it a taste of the unspeakable good things to come, which no…
— Gregory Palamas
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The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are…
— Benjamin Franklin
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They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea where they're coming from and they have…
— Edward Snowden
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Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent.
— Bridget of Sweden
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Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of body;…
— Socrates
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I am accountable for all the actions at my laboratory. I am accountable for all of the policies and procedures of security systems, and I…
— John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
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Economists are generally negligent of their heroes.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a…
— Steve Earle
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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural…
— Jane Austen
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with all prayer (Eph. 6:18)" All sorts of prayer- public, private, mental, vocal. Do not be diligent in one kind of prayer and negligent in…
— John Wesley
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You wouldn't think you could kill an ocean, would you? But we'll do it one day. That's how negligent we are.
— Ian Rankin
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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural…
— Jane Austen
Who Wrote These Negligent Quotes
25 authors contributed a total of 27 Negligent Quotes as follows: