Refrain Quotes

210 quotes by 172 authors

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment… — Aristotle
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. — Marcus Aurelius
I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave the feeling of hope it… — Roseanne Barr
An opera singer is like an athlete before a match. An athlete cannot overdo anything. In order to perform at the highest possible level, you… — Andrea Bocelli
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are… — Samuel Butler
Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why Buddhism teaches us to refrain… — Hsuan Hua
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand. — Seneca the Younger
When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man. — Don Williams
If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one… — Polycarp
The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from drinking alcohol, but also from getting drunk on nirvana. — Bassui Tokusho
Any time one person makes an effort to contact a deeper part of him or herself, balance his or her emotions, and deflect the stress… — Howard Martin
It would have been more to the point, more honest and more Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally destroyed healthy life… — Adolf Hitler
Refrain from drink which is the source of all evil-and the ruin of half the workmen in this Country. — George Washington
For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks backcloths, inn-signs, cheap… — Arthur Rimbaud
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. — Simone Weil
There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting… — Arthur Helps
A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the… — Andre Maurois
When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president, we solemnly profess… — Tertullian
We need never refrain from asking anything of God simply on the ground that we think it impossible. God specializes in "impossible" things that are… — Unknown Author
The brain seems a thoroughfare for nerve-action passing its way to the motor animal. It has been remarked that Life's aim is an act not… — Charles Scott Sherrington

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