Yield Quotes

• Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

  Jack Kerouac

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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• The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

  Joseph Addison

  Life, Happiness, Men

  Joseph Addison (1793). “A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments”, p.336

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• Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Moving On

  "How to Help Someone Who is Depressed, or Suicidal : Practical Suggestions from a Survivor". Book by John Cook, 1993.

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• When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

  Thomas Paine

  Pain, Freedom, Patriotic

  Thomas Paine (1945). “The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine”

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• The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

  Oscar Wilde

  Temptation, Way, Gray

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 2 (1891) See Balzac 1; Clementina Graham 1; Mae West 19; Wilde 53

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• The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Government

  Thomas Jefferson (2015). “Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson”, p.5, Lulu.com

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• When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

  Khalil Gibran

  Wings, May, Way

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.22, Lulu.com

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• Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “An Ideal Husband”, p.40, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Perseverance, Perserverance, Wealth

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Running, Attitude, Military

  "Ulysses" l. 65 (1842)

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• God never forces a person's will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. True surrender is a matter of being 'united together [with Jesus] in the likeness of His death' (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him. And after you surrender--then what? Your entire life should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Oneness, Waiting

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• Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Wisdom, Philosophy, Temptation

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.326, Penguin

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• When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Inspirational, Peace, Past

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• Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.

  Amy Carmichael

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

  Amy Carmichael (1955). “Edges of His Ways: Daily Devotional Notes”, p.30, CLC Publications

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• The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.

  Henry James

  Country, Writing, Civilization

  Letter to Charles Eliot Norton, 16 Jan. 1871

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• When love beckons to you, follow him,
  Though his ways are hard and steep.

  Khalil Gibran

  Life, Hippie, Hard Times

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.

  Ovid

  Dating, Romance, Delight

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• When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

  Quintilian

  Winning, Advantage

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• The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Reality, Logic, Should

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• To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful results.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Mind, Plant, Results

  Grenville Kleiser (1949). “Make Your Life Worth Living”

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• The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.

  Joseph Campbell

  Adventure, Achievement, Heroic

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.188, Anchor

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• The Communist Manifesto was correct but we see the privileges of the capitalist bourgeoisie yielding to democratic organizations. In my judgment success lies in a steady [peaceful] advance [rather] than in a catastrophic crash.

  Eduard Bernstein

  Success, Peace, Lying

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• Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.

  Virgil

  Integrity, Evil, Honor

  "Aeneid" by Virgil, Book VI, 29-19 BC.

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• Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Giving, Accepting, Stolen

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.

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• I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything.

  Lawrence Durrell

  Loneliness, Being Alone, Night

  Lawrence Durrell (2011). “Bitter Lemons of Cyprus”, p.9, Faber & Faber

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