Refrain Quotes

Refrain Quote of the day

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

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 of the heathen.

To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.

Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.

I'll refrain from making any more comments on any ongoing people involved in the judicial process.

shall I, for fear of feeble man who shall die, hold my peace? Shall I for fear of scoffs and frowns, refrain my tongue? Ah, no!

Refrain from reckless and thoughtless actions. Be as calm and judicious as a mountain.

Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.

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 too good to be true.

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.

...Where and when God finds you ready, he must act and overflow into you, just as when the air is clear and pure, the sun must overflow into it and cannot refrain from doing that.

No man ever believes with a true and saving faith unless God inclines his heart; and no man when God does incline his heart can refrain from believing.

If I simply refrain from making a judgment in cases where I do not perceive the truth with sufficient clarity and distinctness, then it is clear that I am behaving correctly and avoiding error.

Youth must refrain from ungrateful questioning of governmental mandates. Instead they must dedicate themselves to study, work and military service. The very spirit of rebellion is reprehensible.

So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull refrain.

The commandment to refrain from placing blame on our parents, deeply imprinted in us by our upbringing, skillfully performs the function of hiding essential truths from us.

On the set of Besharam I had to refrain from smoking, out of respect for my parents

Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.

For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.

Love, and do what you will. If you keep silence, do it out of love. If you cry out, do it out of love. If you refrain from punishing, do it out of love.

If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.

The constant refrain that bringing our troops home would demonstrate a lack of support for them must be one of the most amazing distortions ever foisted on the American public.

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

From eating meat arrogance is born, from arrogance erroneous imaginations issue, and from imagination is born greed; and for this reason refrain from eating meat.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children.

Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.

True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.

It is a bigger miracle to be patient and refrain from anger than it is to control the demons which fly through the air.

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.

Nowhere is it written that NATO had to accept certain countries. All that would have been required to refrain from doing so was the political will. But people didn't want to.

One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.

If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

Every day is a fresh beginning; Listen my soul, to the glad refrain, And in spite of old sorrow… and possible pain, Take heart with the day and begin again.

I plead with you to have the courage to refrain from judging and criticizing those around you, as well as the courage to make certain that everyone is included and feels loved and valued.

Refrain from drink which is the source of all evil-and the ruin of half the workmen in this Country.

The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

[Antonio] Gramsci's words and actions explain their assessment, though I think we should refrain from using the term "model intellectual" for him or others.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.