Neglect Quotes

• Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease.

  Jim Rohn

  Wise, Entrepreneur, Words Of Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 24, 2017

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• Don't use time and words carelessly - neither can be retrieved.

  LeCrae

  Use

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• A little neglect may breed great mischief.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Teacher, May, Littles

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.288, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Military, Trying, Failing

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• Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

  J. K. Rowling

  Relationship, Boyfriend, Husband

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• It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.

  Samuel Smiles

  Inspirational, Men, Effectiveness

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.229

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• The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

  William James

  Positive, Wise, Wisdom

  Principles of Psychology (1890) vol. 2, ch. 22

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  Hell is Truth Seen Too Late.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Truth, Philosophy, Too Late

  Quoted by Johnson, Enemies of Society (1977). Johnson's corollary is "Survival is falsehood detected in time."

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• Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.

  Owen Feltham

  Soul, Rust, Resolve

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.

  Og Mandino

  Responsibility, Cutting, Thinking

  Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.102, Bantam

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• It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

  Richard Whately

  Wise, Wisdom, Rebuilding

  Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.71

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• If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Running, Self Esteem, Passion

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  A man should never neglect his family for business.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Family, Inspiring

  "How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams, 2004.

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• More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.

  Rose Kennedy

  Business, Educational, Reality

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• May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you

  Drake

  Friendship, Family, Angel

  "Shot for Me". Song by Drake, 2011.

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• Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

  Colin Powell

  Leadership, Mind, Details

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• I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Responsibility, People, Choices

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  I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

  William Penn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.

  Noah Webster

  Happiness, Failure, Men

  Noah Webster (1835). “Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with Propriety, Illustrated by Examples: Designed for Use in Schools and Families”, p.230

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• The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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  Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

  Euripides

  Inspirational, Life, Education

  Euripides (1931). “Four plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, & Iphigeneia among the Taurians”, Stanford University Press

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• The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.

  Jeremy Paxman

  Ideas, Approach, Dies

  Jeremy Paxman (2001). “The English: A Portrait of a People”, p.128, The Overlook Press

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• I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

  Tatum O'Neal

  Abuse, Domestic Violence, Overcoming

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• Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Vices, Revolution, Courageous

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.311, e-artnow

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• What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Children, Born, Wanted

  "Children for Adoption". Book by Pearl S. Buck, Ch. 3, 1964.

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