Top 278 Refrain Quotes & Sayings

To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.

A Hundred Years From Now Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying A hundred years from now I won't be blue And my heart would have forgotton she broke ever vow I won't care a hundred years from now Oh, it seem like yesterday you told me You couldn't live without my love somehow Now that you're with another it breaks my heart somehow I won't care a hundred years from now * Refrain Now do you recall the night sweetheart you promised Another's kiss you never would allow That's all in the past dear it didn't seem to last I won't care a hundred years from now * Refrain

One should refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs.

There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline.

Refrain from reckless and thoughtless actions. Be as calm and judicious as a mountain.

The Verse-Refrain form starts with a context before the topic that the Refrain is talking about happens.

Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud.

To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat.

I refrain from blaming anything on my parents.

Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.

That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!

I say, 'Is it really worth the calories?' If it is, I eat it. If not, I refrain.

Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.

The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.

To refrain and desist from interfering with terminal cancer patients, in their use of Laetrile acquired through the 'Affidavit System.

If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.

To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so. A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.

We urge persons with same-gender attractions to control those and to refrain from acting upon them, which is a sin, just as we urge persons with heterosexual attractions to refrain from acting upon them until they have the opportunity for a marriage recognized by God as well as by the law of the land. That is the way to happiness and eternal life.

The big difference between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses and the warrior refrains. Victims repress because they are afraid to show the emotions, afraid to say what they want to say. To refrain is not the same thing as repression. To refrain is to hold the emotions and to express them in the right moment, not before, not later. That is why warriors are impeccable.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

Refrain from drink which is the source of all evil-and the ruin of half the workmen in this Country.

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

To refrain from all injustice renders us also humane.

The audience is requested not to refrain from talking during the overture. Otherwise they will know all the tunes before the opera begins.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

On the set of Besharam I had to refrain from smoking, out of respect for my parents

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.

Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing

Never stray from life's purpose. Refrain from counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

If Ambassador Grenell is unwilling to refrain from political statements, he should be recalled immediately.

I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment.

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.

If you want people to take action,you must refrain from giving them the answers.

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.

It is a bigger miracle to be patient and refrain from anger than it is to control the demons which fly through the air.

I think I'm going to refrain from criticizing Apple too much. I mean, that's been a pretty great company.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking? When listeners refrain from evil hearing. At present there are many so credulous of evil, they will receive suspicions and impressions against persons whom they don't know, from a person whom they do know--an authority good for nothing.

Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also the individual's freedom to choose his own creed is the counterpart of his right to refrain from accepting the creed established by the majority.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.

The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.

As a psychopathic creature, the corporation can neither recognize nor act upon moral reasons to refrain from harming others.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

Living apart and at peace with myself,I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with anothers way of life-so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands Off.

Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.

Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.

True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.

If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.