Abandon Quotes - page 3

But if the U. S. were to leave and abandon Iraq without establishing the grounds for a united and sovereign country, that would definitely be a second mistake. (Vladimir Putin)
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest. View quote
Chanakya
Once scientists and scholars invest parts of their career in support of a paradigm, it becomes a sort of a self-betrayal to abandon it. View quote
Subhash Kak
The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind. View quote
Ernst Mach
While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Barring love and war, few enterprises are undertaken with such abandon, or by such diverse individuals, or with so paradoxical a mixture of appetite and altruism, as that group of avocations known as outdoor recreation. It is, by common consent, a good thing for people to get back to nature. But wherein lies the goodness, and what can be done to encourage its pursuit? View quote
Aldo Leopold
And it is clear that He does not abandon them the moment they fall, and that demons will not remain in their demonic state, and sinners (will not remain) in their sins; rather, He is going to bring them to a single equal state of perfection in relationship to His own Being - in a (state) in which the holy angels are now, in perfection of love and a passionless mind. He is going to bring them into that excellency of will, where it will not be as though they were curbed and not, or having stirrings from the Opponent then; rather, (they will be) in a (state of) excelling knowledge, with a mind made mature in the stirrings which partake of the divine outpouring which the blessed Creator is preparing in His grace; they will be perfected in love for Him, with a perfect mind which is above any aberration in all its stirrings. View quote
Isaac the Syrian
n the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. View quote
Masashi Kishimoto
I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size 8 - this week, anyway. Many stylists hate that size because I think to them, it shows that I lack the discipline to be an ascetic; or the confident, sassy abandon to be a total fatty hedonist. View quote
Mindy Kaling
Learning something new means you have to abandon, for a little while at least, the familiar and comforting. I happen to like this feeling. I remind myself that tomorrow, I will be someone who didn't exist yesterday. View quote
Nick Stone
I'm still not comfortable recommending that people eat saturated fat with abandon, but it's clear to me that sugar, flour and oxidized seed oils create inflammatory effects in the body that almost certainly bear most of the responsibility for elevating heart disease risk. (Andrew Weil)
If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying. View quote
Howard Gardner
He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us. View quote
Irving Stone
So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination. View quote
Joseph Rotblat
There are times when the human face and body can express the yearning of the heart so accurately that you can, as they say, read them like a book. Do not abandon me. View quote
Diane Setterfield
For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever. View quote
Joan D. Vinge
The idea that somehow the way forward is to abandon the past, to me, is preposterous and both undesirable and unrealistic. View quote
Ken Liu
You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. View quote
Denis Waitley
Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. View quote
George Weinberg
This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements. View quote
W. Averell Harriman
You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self. (Bede Griffiths)
There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters. View quote
Margaret Mahy
I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it. View quote
Elisabeth Elliot
I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions. View quote
Anita Hill
Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society. View quote
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