Quotes with context-and

Quotes 4421 till 4440 of 25144.

  • Ryszard Kapuscinski Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve.
    Ryszard Kapuscinski
    Polish foreign correspondent and journalist (1932 - 2007)
    - +
     0
  • Buddha Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the goo
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
    - +
     0
  • Marquis de Sade Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and it's the cloud of uncertainty forever hanging over these events that darkens a husband's mood.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
    - +
     0
  • Sri Swami Sivananda Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.
    Sri Swami Sivananda
    Indian Hindu spiritual teacher (1887 - 1963)
    - +
     0
  • Bruce Lee Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
    Tao of Jeet Kune Do (1975)
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
    - +
     0
  • Samuel Johnson Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed, of the future to the present moment.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
    - +
     0
  • Dogen Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
    Dogen
    Japanese Zen-teacher
    - +
     0
  • Ban Ki-moon Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
    - +
     0
  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
    - +
     0
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
    - +
     0
  • François Fénelon Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.
    François Fénelon
    French writer and archbishop (1651 - 1715)
    - +
     0
  • Henry James Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
    - +
     0
  • Vincent van Gogh Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.
    Vincent van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
    - +
     0
  • E. Joseph Cossman Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
    E. Joseph Cossman
    American author
    - +
     0
  • Ahmed Chalabi Do not seek to find a reason why elections are not possible. Seek to make them possible, and they will be possible.
    Ahmed Chalabi
    Iraqi politician (1944 - 2015)
    - +
     0
  • Ali ibn Abi Talib Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.
    Ali ibn Abi Talib
    Cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (601 - 661)
    - +
     0
  • David Gemmell Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
    - +
     0
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
    - +
     0
  • Oliver Cromwell Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
    Oliver Cromwell
    Parliamentarian General, Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658)
    - +
     0
  • Konstantin Stanislavisky Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.
    Konstantin Stanislavisky
    Russian Actor, Theatre director, Teacher (1863 - 1938)
    - +
     0
All context-and famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 222)