Prevents Quotes

293 quotes by 256 authors

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. — Claude Bernard
The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their materialism. — H. P. Blavatsky
Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. — Samuel Butler
You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of… — Sri Chinmoy
True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing. — Jean Cocteau
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes,… — Sun Tzu
Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy… — Ephrem the Syrian
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. — Charles Caleb Colton
I've just discovered the secret of golf. You can't play a really hot game unless you're so miserable that you don't worry over your shots.… — P.G. Wodehouse
In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into… — Albert Einstein
The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever thinking at all, and acts as a spell on the exercise of… — William Hazlitt
It's not what we don't know that prevents us from succeeding; it's what we know that just ain't so that is our greatest obstacle. — Josh Billings
Haste makes work which caution prevents. — William Penn
...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents us from grasping… — Julian Huxley
No fear... we are never sure of anything... fear never prevents [bad things] from happening. — Vanessa Paradis
The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems. — Robert Kiyosaki
To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but… — Saint John Chrysostom
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being. — Laozi
Golf is a game, and talk and discussion is all to the interests of the game. Anything that keeps the game alive and prevents us… — Alister MacKenzie
Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance. — Don Meyer

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