Harm Quotes - Page 5

• Other times, I look at my scars and see something else: a girl who was trying to cope with something horrible that she should never have had to live through at all. My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.

  Cheryl Rainfield

  Girl, Pain, Self Harm

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• It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

  Mary Douglas

  Worry, Done, Recycling

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• Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

  Epicurus

  Philosophical, Reality, Justice

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• The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

  Milton Friedman

  Power

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.3, University of Chicago Press

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• Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in a metropolis is unbearable.

  Garrett Hardin

  Doe, Unbearable, Behavior

  Garrett James Hardin (1972). “Exploring new ethics for survival: the voyage of the spaceship Beagle”, Viking Adult

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• Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

  Stanley Kubrick

  Irreparable Harm, Shining, Months

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• It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on the line for the misguided frustrations of the Bush administration.

  Dave Matthews

  Frustration, Criminals, Lines

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• She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.

  Gilbert Parker

  Race, Fierce, Be Good

  Gilbert Parker “The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker”, Library of Alexandria

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• Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.

  Pope John Paul II

  Moving On, Confidence, Godly

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• We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.

  Zach Wamp

  Korea, World, Causes

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• When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.

  Oscar Wilde

  Writing, Thinking, Despair

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.112, Wordsworth Editions

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• Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

  Jack Abramoff

  Im Sorry, Regret, Mistake

  "Lobbyist Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. January 3, 2006.

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• Unfortunately, the current format for this lottery program are subject to fraud and abuse and leave our nation exposed to those who may seek to do harm on American soil.

  Bill Jenkins

  Hype, Abuse, May

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• I, for one, begin with intent. ... There is no question that Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America.

  Tommy Franks

  Pregnancy, America, United States

  "Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack". www.newsmax.com. November 20, 2003.

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• They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.

  Andrea Mitchell

  Morning, Eight, Perfect

  Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: . . . to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.67, Penguin

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• If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate . . . Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better.

  Elizabeth Ann Seton

  Children, People, Parent

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• Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Life, Buddhist

  Gautama Buddha (2016). “Zen Dogs”, p.126, Mango Media Inc.

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• Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me; try to discern the doe in me, trembling in the forest of my own iniquity; let's even smile a little. After all, there is no harm in smiling.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Trying, Doe, Littles

  Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.71, Hamilton Books

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• Seeing the small is called Clarity.
  Keeping flexible is called Strength.
  Using the shining Radiance,
  You enter the Light,
  Where no harm can come to you.
  This is called Enlightenment.

  Laozi

  Strength, Light, Shining

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• Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee.

  John Proctor

  Thee

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• In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe...to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.

  William the Silent

  Men, Order, People

  "William the Silent, William of Nausau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584". Book by C. V. Wedgwood, p. 78, 1944.

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• I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Wisdom, Truth, Ignorance

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• A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.

  John Bartholomew Gough

  Men, Enemy, Loyal

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (p. 208), 1895.

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• I do not know at first what it is that harms me. The men and things of to-day are wont to be fairer and truer in to-morrow's memory.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Appreciation, Memories, Men

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• Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Enemy, Thee, Can Do

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