Spare Quotes

476 Spare quotes by 388 unique authors

We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time. — Steve Yzerman
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. — William Shakespeare
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization… — Edward Abbey
Having placed in my mouth sufficient bread for three minutes' chewing, I withdrew my powers of sensual perception and retired into the privacy of my… — Flann O'Brien
Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don'tin your… — Erwin Rommel
The pow'r I have on you is to spare you / The malice towards you, to forgive you. Posthumus — William Shakespeare
It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener. — Ayn Rand
I know that even now, having watched enough television, you probably won't even refer to them as lepers so as to spare their feelings. You… — Christopher Moore
It's all God's will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle. — Leo Tolstoy
While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts… — Haim Ginott
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften… — Robert Louis Stevenson
We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us,… — Marcel Proust
Something was wrong with Luke," Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. "Did you notice the way he was acting?" "He looked pretty… — Rick Riordan
We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us,… — Marcel Proust
Oncoming death is terrible enough, but worse still is oncoming death with time to spare, time in which all the happiness that was yours and… — Yann Martel
On the dashboard of our family car is a shallow indentation about the size of a paperback book. If you are looking for somewhere to… — Bill Bryson
This Lullaby is only a few words, a simple run of chords, quiet here in this spare room, but you can hear it, hear it,… — Sarah Dessen
It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and… — Pope Benedict XVI
She forgot to be shy at the moment, in honestly warning him away from the sunken wreck he had a dream of raising; and looked… — Charles Dickens

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