Abandon Quotes - page 18

It is a terrible mistake for conservatives to abandon our Iraqi allies now. A U.S. victory will establish a vibrant, modern democracy in the heart of the Arab world that will serve as an infectious model for the oppressed peoples in the region. A prosperous, democratic Iraq will become a catalyst for reform percolating within the ossified, conservative dictatorships of its neighbors. This change may be messy. In the long-run, however, Arab nations will be modernized. This will create a more stable and secure Middle East and thereby, a more stable and secure world for the United States. (Jeffrey T. Kuhner)
The pessimist writes over the gates of life what the poet has inscribed on the portals of hell-”Abandon hope, ye who enter here.”. View quote
John Lancaster Spalding
(Man on television) Man is the hunter. Woman is the civilizing influence, and when women abandon that role, men become (Sylvia) Cranky, and start wars. View quote
Nicole Hollander
Certainty is the mark of the common-sense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness, it should be rather an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, He packs our life with surprises all the time. View quote
Oswald Chambers
If the Zionist crusader missionaries of hate and counter-Islam consultants like Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Michael Scheuer, Steven Emerson, and yes, even the crusader-in-chief George W. Bush were to abandon their unbelief and repent and enter into the light of Islam and turn their swords against the enemies of God, it would be accepted of them and they would be our brothers in Islam. And we send a special invitation to all of you fighting Bush's crusader pipe dream in Afghanistan, Iraq, and wherever else W. has sent you to die. View quote
Robert Spencer
Poets don't finish poems, they abandon them. View quote
Stéphane Mallarmé
Every time you stand at a crossroads of life and death, you have two universes in front of you; one loses all relation to you because you die, the other maintains its relation to you because you survive in it. Just as you would take off your clothes, you abandon the universe in which you are still alive. In other words, various universes emerge around each of us the way tree limbs and leaves branch away from the trunk. View quote
Kenzaburō Ōe
This (KMT) party can forsake me, but I will not abandon this party. View quote
Hung Hsiu-chu
His response is clear: abandon all that which has been branded by Caesar; but then, enjoy the knowledge that everything, everything else is God's, and therefore is to be used by you. View quote
Ivan Illich
My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth. View quote
Chanakya
Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more. (John McCarthy (computer scientist))
Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... Engage in this work with unswerving kindness and unending patience. View quote
Laozi
Can you dissolve your ego Can you abandon the idea of self and other Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and long, life and death Can you let go of all these dualities and embrace the Tao without skepticism or panic If so, you can reach the heart of the Integral Oneness. View quote
Laozi
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected. View quote
John Locke
Nothing seems to me to be rarer today then genuine hypocrisy. I greatly suspect that this plant finds the mild atmosphere of our culture unendurable. Hypocrisy has its place in the ages of strong belief in which even when one is compelled to exhibit a different belief one does not abandon the belief one already has. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
DOBSON: Well, I do. It depends on what you mean by that. I feel very strongly about Israel. You know it is surrounded by its enemies. And it exists primarily because God has willed it to exist, I think, according to scripture, but also, because America has stood with Israel. If we ever abandon it, it's gone. There are six million Jews in Israel. There are 400 million Muslims around them that hate them and want many of them -- hate them and want to drive them into the sea. And that is a major concern to me. It's the only democracy in the Middle East. Why wouldn't we support them? View quote
James Dobson
It is the most ungodly and dangerous business to abandon the certain and revealed will of God in order to search into the hidden mysteries of God. View quote
Martin Luther
We do not intend to abandon our duty to mankind to seek a peaceful solution. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. View quote
Pope John Paul II
It is only through us that God lives. When we abandon him, he dies. View quote
David Eagleman
Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain. (Augustine of Hippo)
Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility. View quote
Isaac the Syrian
If the kings and rulers of the nations knew the love of God they would never make war. War comes to us for our sins, not because of our love. The Lord created us in His love, and bade us live in love and glorify Him... If we understood the force of Christ's words, ‘Learn humility and meekness of me', the whole world, the whole universe would abandon all other knowledge to study this heavenly science... View quote
Silouan the Athonite
Never abandon prayer and God will not abandon you... By prayer we admin two things: our helplessness and God's omnipotence. View quote
Nikolaj Velimirovic
God does not abandon us, even when we sin. Although we are prideful, He is always humble. Although we ofter forget Him, His thoughts are always about us. View quote
Aimilianos of Simonopetra