A Quotes
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“Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do; for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.”
Source: Gulistan or Rose Garden
“Avoid the "hard-to-grasp" headline - the headline that requires thought and is not clear at first glance.”
“Avoid the attitude 'these people (locals) don't understand anything.' Trying to base one's authority on pressure and fear may be effective in the short term, but this is deceptive. Don't forget that to be smiling and kind is not the same as being weak and undisciplined.”
“Avoid the base hypocrisy of condemning in one man what you pass over in silence when committed by another.”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
“Avoid the comfort-zone at all costs and focus more on necessity, rather than the choices life presents you.”
“Avoid the company of the wicked, those who would do injury to you or to others. Like a disease their energy is something you can catch.”
“Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.”
Source: The Art of Life
“Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.”
“Avoid the ecstatic adjectives that occupy such disproportionate space in every critic's quiver - words like "enthralling" and "luminous."”
Source: On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
“Avoid the eye that discovers with rapidity the bad, and is slow to see the good.”
“Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty .”
Source: Atras Das Linhas Inimigas De Meu Amor
“Avoid the known paths or else be ready to end up in the known places!”
“Avoid the man without compassion, because he ain't a man surely!”
“Avoid the necessity of a physician, if you can, by careful attention to your diet. Eat what best agrees with your system, and resolutely abstain from what hurts you, however well you may like it. A few days' abstinence, and cold water for a beverage, has driven off many an approaching disease.”
“Avoid the penalties of the blame game. You were born to be boss player, not a blame giver. Stop the blame!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday's luxuries have become today's necessities. They aren't necessities unless we ourselves make them such. . . . It is essential for us to live within our means.”
“Avoid the poison in your life that brings you turmoil.”
“Avoid the politic, the factious fool,
The busy, buzzing, talking harden'd knave;
The quaint smooth rogue that sins against his reason,
Calls saucy loud sedition public zeal,
And mutiny the dictates of his spirit.”
“Avoid the precepts of those thinkers whose reasoning is not confirmed by experience.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
“Avoid the profane novelty of words, St. Paul says (I Timothy 6:20) ... For if novelty is to be avoided, antiquity is to be held tight to; and if novelty is profane, antiquity is sacred.”
“Avoid the question 'why me?.' It saves a lot of grief”
“Avoid the RTP Syndrome. When you rush to Publish, you rush to mistakes and chaos. Guaranteed.”
Source: Snappy Sassy Salty: Wise Words for Authors and Writers
“Avoid the stage of old age sit in the audience, it's all the rage”
Source: Philosophical Uplifting Quotes and Poems
“Avoid the temptation to cut corners - accuracy and transparency are essential. Hiring an accountant may cost you money upfront, but could save you a lot of money in the long run.”
“Avoid the temptation to work so hard that there is no time left for serious thinking.”
“Avoid the things in your life that take away from your stillness. Find things that add to that stillness. Bring them more into your life. It doesn't matter what works or doesn't. It is all individual.”
“Avoid the traffic by using one of the park's shuttle buses and view the elk rut with a park ranger.”
“Avoid the trap of looking back unless it is to glorify God for what He has done.”
“Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.”
“Avoid the unhappy and the unlucky. Burdened souls carry a bitter taste. If someone desires to pull you into their drowning whirlpool, let them be. You can't help those who seek companionship in shared unhappiness.”
“Avoid the unhappy ending, the harsh, the brutal, the tragic, the horrible -- if you care to see in print things you write. (In this connection don't do as I do, but do as I say.”
Source: No Mentor But Myself: Jack London on Writers and Writing
“Avoid the use of abusive words in communications that may switch off the attention of your mentor and your customers away.”
Source: Shaping the dream
“Avoid the use of abusive words when communication is in session; you might scare away someone who is meant to become your mentor or your customer.”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.”
Source: The Portable Jack Kerouac
“Avoid theatrical flourishes - the phrases that sound so damned good that they stand up and beg to be recognized as "good writing," and therefore must be struck from the text.”
“Avoid those people who are during injuries put salt on your wound instead of treatment, they are actually dangerous enemies.”
“Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.”
Source: Manuscript Found in Accra
“Avoid those who value money and support those who value humanity.”
“Avoid three things when eating: idle talk, hitting, and inhaling through the mouth.”
“Avoid too much intense color. Make sure you mix colors and try them out. It's always good to do a swatch.”
“Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. Do not throw away the precious moments of your life on entertainment, movies, and video games. Though some of these things can properly have a 'small place' in the Christian's life, we must be careful not to give undue attention to temporal and fruitless activities. Do not waste your life. Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.”
“Avoid trouble with those who are fanatics; they remain imprisoned in exclusivism and deserve compassion just as any other prisoner.”
“Avoid trying to win tough battles on the silver platter. If the struggle is tough the success is sweet.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“Avoid tweeting any photos of your private parts.”
“Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.”
“Avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason boys - to woo women - and in that endeavor, laziness will not do.”
“Avoid watering yourself down to be understood. The people, who enter into your world, need to rise up and meet you where you are.”
“Avoid watering yourself down to be understood. They need to rise up and meet you where you are.”
“Avoid “why” questions with Ai. If possible, reframe why questions in a way so as not to make it a why question. Why questions are something Ai/Ei don’t care about and considers them a waste of time and resources (therms).”
Source: Adventures With A.I.: Age of Discovery
“Avoid wine and women - choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably more amiable.”