B Quotes
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“Beware how you contradict prejudices, even knowing them to be such, for the generality of people are much more tenacious of their prejudices than of anything belonging to them.”
Source: The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author
“Beware how you give your heart.”
Source: The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
“Beware how you take away hope from another human being”
“Beware how you take away hope from any human being.”
“Beware: If you egg people on, you'll get egg on your face.”
“Beware in the presence of cats: they never give, they do not even retaliate--they only reply, and purr in doing so.”
“Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, “above all that we ask or think.”
“Beware irony, ignore criticism, look to what is simple, study the small and humble things of the world, do what is difficult precisely because it is difficult, do not search for answers but rather love the questions, do not run away from sadness or depression for these might be the very conditions necessary to your work. Seek solitude, above all seek solitude."
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Source: The Friend
“Beware leaders that want to negotiate for shorter time frames than the team feels is prudent. Most leaders have been away from the front lines for a long time and have grown out of touch with how long it takes to plan and execute well-thought-out improvements.”
Source: Value Stream Mapping: How to Visualize Work and Align Leadership for Organizational Transformation
“Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master”
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
“Beware leverage in all its forms. Borrowers - individual, corporate, or government - should always match fund their liabilities against the duration of their assets. Borrowers must always remember that capital markets can be extremely fickle, and that it is never safe to assume a maturing loan can be rolled over. Even if you are unleveraged, the leverage employed by others can drive dramatic price and valuation swings; sudden unavailability of leverage in the economy may trigger an economic downturn.”
“Beware, Morgane. You thought I wasn't dangerous? That chocolate was too sweet, too soft to rival your ink and your needles? Chocolate is an ancient art. It comes from very far away. And under the softness, the sweetness- it waits. And it is bitter.”
Source: The Strawberry Thief
“Beware not to get caught up in the thick of thin things.”
“Beware of "grandfalloons" and "foma". A "grandfalloon" is a proud and meaningless association of human beings. "Foma" are harmless truths intended to comfort simple souls.”
“Beware of "the real world". A speaker's apeal to it is always an invitation not to challenge his tacit assumptions.”
“Beware of a client who's suing on principle and paying by the hour. He rarely gets his money's worth.”
Source: Diary of a Small Fish
“Beware of a man of one book.”
“Beware of a man with manners.”
Source: The Golden Apples
“Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.”
“Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.”
“Beware of a woman who does not sign her name to her letters. She will bear watching. Aye, she has a past.”
“Beware of a woman who signeth not her name to her letters; she will bear watching, aye, she hath a past.”
“Beware of absolutes. There are many gods.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
“Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.”
“Beware of advice-even this.”
“Beware of advice. Consider your sources carefully. Look them up. See if you respect what they've made. Get educated. Be informed about who's real and who isn't. Study your craft and your industry, practice all the time, challenge yourself - write things you think you can't, try things you have been told you shouldn't try - leave room for surprises, and learn how to collaborate.”
“Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.”
Source: A Gift to my Children: A Father's Lessons for Life and Investing
“Beware of all the paradoxical in love. It is simplicity which saves, it is simplicity which brings happiness...Love should be love.”
“Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky”
“Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“Beware of anger. It is the most difficult to remove of all the hindrances. But it is the alcohol of the body, you know, and the devil of it is that it deadens the perceptions.”
Source: The Tiger in the Smoke
“Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds.”
Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers
“Beware of any theology that emphasizes the needs of the soul over that of the body while also holding to the belief that physical torment is necessary for eternal punishment.”
“Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“Beware of any work for God that causes or allows you to avoid concentrating on Him. A great number of Christian workers worship their work. The only concern of Christian workers should be their concentration on God.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions.”
“Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Beware of anyone who insists on reframing your sincere curiosity as a character defect. Beware of anyone who questions your motives while ignoring your facts. When someone calls you bad names merely for asking questions, it suggests they know the answer but are terrified to admit it.”
“Beware of anyone who says, “I love you” without hesitation; they’ve had a lot of practice saying it.”
Source: Confessions of a Self-Help Writer: The Journal of Michael Enzo
“Beware of anyone who tries to please you all the time.”
“Beware of anything that competes with your loyalty to Jesus Christ.”
Source: Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers
“Beware of anything to do with President Obama...I speak from experience.”
“Beware of artists, they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.”
“Beware of assumptions and the arrogance they bring”
“Beware of assumptions that seem "obvious" in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.”
Source: Earth
“Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle.”
“Beware of bad Catholics.”
“Beware of barking at underdogs; don't fight with people who have nothing to lose.”
“Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own.”
Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers
“Beware of becoming too sure of your beliefs, because you run the risk of dissociation, or losing touch with parts of yourself. That is why the irrational and spontaneous are so precious to the student of spirituality. The 'irrational' circumnavigates the rational mind and by that allows the unconscious to manifest. The spontaneous and flexible person, who is not afraid of non-rational impulses, unorthodox behaviors, poetry, and dreams, in other words, the totality of being, acquires a unitive nature.”
Source: The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis