Shun Quotes
118 quotes by 108 authors
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To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Don't rely on men but don't shun them either.
— Jennifer Aniston
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It is the part of cowardliness, and not of virtue, to seek to squat itself in some hollow lurking hole, or to hide herself under…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise
— Hans Selye
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This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved, the stubborn they…
— George Crabbe
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Over-excitement and boredom are states of mind which I equally shun.
— E. V. Knox
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Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot…
— J. Reuben Clark
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You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face…
— Seraphim of Sarov
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We shun the rugged battle of fate where strength is born.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.
— William Shakespeare
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Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.
— Ernest Hemingway
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If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.
— Saint John Chrysostom
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I care little in the existence of a heaven or hell; self respect does not allow me to guide my acts with an eye toward…
— Heinrich Heine
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Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder…
— Leo Rosten
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Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
— John Milton
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I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.
— Ed Harris
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Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will…
— Roddy McDowall
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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate…
— Cato the Elder
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Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two of them an…
— James Madison
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Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing…
— William James
Who Wrote These Shun Quotes
108 authors contributed a total of 118 Shun Quotes, led by these top contributors: