Top 100 Quotes About Give Way
#1. Within the universe there is a pure light. It is a light that is beyond all darkness. It does not give way to anything. It is the light of existence, the dharmakaya.
Frederick Lenz
#2. We must never be discouraged or give way to anxiety ... but ever have recourse to the adorable Heart of Jesus.
Margaret Mary Alacoque
#3. If you are a true Christian, you will not give way at home to bad temper, impatience, fault-finding, sarcasm, unkindness, suspicion, selfishness, or laziness.
Billy Graham
#4. He felt the whole vision turn to darkness and his very feet give way. His head went round; he was going; he had gone.
Henry James
#5. Time flies so fast after youth is past that we cannot accomplish one half the many things we have in mind or indeed one half our duties. The only safe and sensible plan is to make other things give way to the essentials, and the first of these is fly fishing.
Theodore Gordon
#6. And as if she had opened a hidden door, I felt the patterned surface break and give way, and the words let me in. I still loved opening a book and feeling like I was physically entering the page, the ordinary world fizzing and blurring around the edges until it disappeared.
Julie Schumacher
#7. The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this.
Heraclitus
#8. But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.
Jeannette Walls
#9. Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease.
Gautama Buddha
#10. I surrender to the Monster. What pleasure at last to give way to the strongest force in oneself.
Barry Webster
#11. She dreamed of a world where books did not rot or give way to green blot, where words and ideas were not things you were despised for treasuring.
Frances Hardinge
#12. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient.
Ieyasu Tokugawa
#13. Society is undergoing a silent revolution, which must be submitted to, and which takes no more notice of the human existences it breaks down than an earthquake regards the houses it subverts. The classes and the races, too weak to master the new conditions of life, must give way.
Karl Marx
#15. People are rarely diabolic or bent enthusiastically on evil. As a rule, they are only weak; they cannot resist temptation and thus give way to their evil drives.
Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
#16. If we continue to believe God and place our trust in Him, bad things ultimately give way to better things.
Joyce Meyer
#17. Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
Horatio Nelson
#18. If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear ...
Margaret Deland
#19. There is no birthright in the white skin that it shall say that wherever it goes, to any nation, amongst any people, there the people of the country shall give way before it, and those to whom the land belongs shall bow down and become its servants.
Annie Besant
#20. A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put in this position by a letter from Mr. Bertrand Russell when the work was nearly through the press.
Gottlob Frege
#21. The longing and impatience of boyhood give way to the longing and discontent of manhood, and the future you anticipate is still just around the corner.
Morgan Llywelyn
#22. A mountain ultimately had to give way to the sea if hammered by its salty waves.
Pepper Winters
#23. Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
#24. In the tissues generally, and in such a cavity as the abdomen, the pressure is everywhere and practically always very nearly atmospheric, and must be so, because the integuments give way very easily to any excess of pressure, whether positive or negative.
August Krogh
#25. Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.
Victor Hugo
#26. He had never cared if his victims lived or died once he was through with them. But not her. He couldn't allow her to die. The moment he felt that small flutter of her heart, ready to give way to his hunger, he had stopped and gazed down at her for long moments.
Elaine White
#27. There are degrees of justice, Elijah. When the lesser is incompatable with the greater, the lesser must give way.
Isaac Asimov
#28. If leaders don't know how to put their words into action, if they follow the wrong paths and take the wrong turns, then their sense of moral purpose can quickly give way to cynicism, frustration, and fading commitment.
Viviane Robinson
#29. Any work of science, no matter what its point of departure, cannot become fully convincing until it crosses the boundary between the theoretical and the experimental: Experimentation must give way to argument, and argument must have recourse to experimentation.
Gaston Bachelard
#30. I never feel to force my doctrine upon any person; I rejoice to see prejudice give way to truth, and the traditions of men dispersed by the pure principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Joseph Smith Jr.
#31. Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
Thucydides
#32. What you are saying is true of those who want everything to give way to them, nothing to oppose them, everything to go their way, people to obey them without comment or delay and, in a manner of speaking, to be adored.
Vincent De Paul
#33. People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - quite suddenly - to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities.
Amartya Sen
#34. Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. And thus, by perpetually pushing and assurance, it puts a difficulty out of countenance, and makes a seeming impossibility give way.
Jeremy Collier
#35. Will my future faith be dominated by past demons? Will my unlimited possibilities give way to my limited territory?
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Michelle Carithers
#36. Fortunately for children, the uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.
Gelsey Kirkland
#37. I believe that in a contest between the living and the almost living, the latter must, if necessary, give way to the will of the former.
Anna Quindlen
#38. Teach the heart not to give way to proud emotions and arrogant thinking; bring the mind to heart-soothing solutions that make it possible to control oneself gently and wisely.
Tariq Ramadan
#39. I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
Joseph Addison
#40. Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.
Emmeline Pankhurst
#41. He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense.
Barbara W. Tuchman
#42. Why do you give way to your ego and pride. Where does it stand in the ocean of time.
Naveen Rajeev
#43. Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you ... at any time.
Harold Pinter
#44. These monster cities we live in today are blights of modern society. They will certainly give way to planned cities interlinked to the countryside. Everybody will live with the natural advantages of the country and the cultural associations of the town.
James P. Cannon
#45. Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.
Ovid
#46. Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.
Girolamo Savonarola
#47. Our attempt at focusing must give way to the vacant all-embracing stare
Anton Ehrenzweig
#49. Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more ... to give way to the happiness of the person you love.
A.A. Milne
#50. A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to the most cherished doctrines of religion.
David Brewster
#51. There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.
Joyce Brothers
#52. You give way to an enemy this evil with this much power and you condemn the galaxy to an eternity of submission.
Alexander Freed
#53. Brod was afraid any tears of her own would cause the walls of the old house to give way, so she sandbagged them behind her eyes, exiled them to someplace deeper, safer.
Jonathan Safran Foer
#55. While I am Death's daughter and walk in His dark shadow, surely the darkness can give way to light sometimes.
R.L. LaFevers
#56. Victories attained by right thought can only be maintained by watchfulness. Many give way when success is assured, and rapidly fall back into failure.
James Allen
#57. Religion, superstition, oaths, education, laws, all give way before passions, interest, and power.
David McCullough
#58. Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death.
Thiruvalluvar
#59. Betimes I will - to the weird sisters. (140) More shall they speak, for now I am bent to know, By the worst means, the worst. For mine own good, All causes shall give way. I am in blood Stepped in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
William Shakespeare
#60. I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.
Alva Myrdal
#61. No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed, representatives of large sections of Indian opinion have expressly warned us that we must not do so.
Stafford Cripps
#62. Something dies in us every time we change. To make space for the true, familiar well-worn habits must give way.
Arthur Zajonc
#63. Patience means restraining yourself. There are seven emotions, Joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate. If a man doesn't give way to these, he's patient. I'm not as strong as I might be but I'm patient.
James Clavell
#64. In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water; but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.
John Selden
#65. The moment comes when protest is not enough; reason must give way to action, and force ensure what thought has conceived.
Victor Hugo
#66. Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
Edward Gibbon
#67. Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
Ovid
#68. When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people up.
Neal A. Maxwell
#69. It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.
Epictetus
#70. Consider, if you will, the morning boner. What a metaphor of hope and renewal! How can anyone give way to despair when one's groin greets each day with such a gala spectacle of physical optimism?
C.D. Payne
#71. Unless we speak praise, we consistently speak poison. Unless we are intentional about giving God glory throughout the day, our days unintentionally give way to grumbling.
Ann Voskamp
#72. I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down.
Francois Hollande
#73. Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order [ ... ] and the like.
William O. Douglas
#74. Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
William Pitt
#75. There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.
Jane Austen
#76. If we analyse the supernova data by assuming the Copernican principle is correct and get out something unphysical, I think we should start questioning the Copernican principle ... . Whatever our theoretical predilections, they will in the end have to give way to the observational evidence.
George F. R. Ellis
#77. Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.
Jane Austen
#78. Life in the Islamic Republic was as capricious as the month of April, when short periods of sunshine will suddenly give way to showers and storms.
Azar Nafisi
#79. The categories of woman and man are too rigid. They're going to give way to new forces. They already have, to a degree, but for most of us, this drama held sway, and we assumed our positions.
John Maus
#80. Because of the vulgar advent, I decided to give way and, by dark and cryptic sentences, tell of the causes of the future mutation of mankind; especially the most urgent ones, and the ones I perceived, and in a manner that would not upset their fragile sentiments.
Nostradamus
#81. Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.
Moliere
#82. If you give way, you will instantly have to meet some greater demand, as having been frightened into obedience in the first instance; while a firm refusal will make them clearly understand that they must treat you more as equals.
Thucydides
#83. VIRTUALITY ACTUALITY
Classrooms in schools will give way to classes in rooms at home
Kamil Ali
Kamil Ali
#84. I knew you were behind the tapestry," he said. "I also knew the railing was about to give way. I was waiting for you, waiting for your fall."
Waiting all my life for you, he added silently, waiting all my life for you to fall in love with me.
Elizabeth Elliott
#85. Willfulness must give way to willingness and surrender. Mastery must yield to mystery.
Gerald May
#86. All my life long I have been more melted by the distress under which a strong, proud, and powerful mind is compelled to give way, than by the more easily excited sorrows of softer dispositions.
Walter Scott
#87. With a positive attitude, obstacles ahead of you have two options; either they give way for you to pass or they remain as you bore a hole through them and find your way. A leader with a positive attitude never gives up!
Israelmore Ayivor
#88. Travis let his knees give way, sending her tumbling to the floor.
"Ouch!" she squealed, looking up at Travis.
"America's a friend of mine. You need to find another lap, Lex.
Jamie McGuire
#89. As youth and innocence give way to experience, doubt clouds the mind. Those who find renewed purpose in the complexity will thrive instead of falter. -
Jon Skovron
#90. Our goals are the same as those of the U.N.'s founders, who sought to replace a world at war with one where the rule of law would prevail, where human rights were honored, where development would blossom, where conflict would give way to freedom from violence.
Ronald Reagan
#91. Thoughts of revenge must give way to the need for swift action,
Simon Scarrow
#92. Ironing was an act of annihilation in which wrinkles would die and give way to order: something she required more than anything.
Laura Esquivel
#93. I have observed, on board a steamer, how men and women easily give way to their instinct for flirtation, because water has the power of washing away our sense of responsibility, and those who on land resemble the oak in their firmness behave like floating seaweed when on the sea.
Rabindranath Tagore
#94. Every violent storm will eventually give way to sunshine; every dark night will finally fade into dawn.
Steve Goodier
#95. And I was told about this torture, that it was the Hell of carnal sins when reasons give way to desire.
Dante Alighieri
#96. Is my understanding sufficient for this or not? If it is sufficient, I use it for the work as an instrument given by the universal nature. But if it is not sufficient, then either I retire from the work and give way to him who is able to do it better,
Marcus Aurelius
#97. It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.
Marcus Aurelius
#98. I labor, I spend, I strive, I design, I love, I cling, I uphold, I give way, I envy, I long, I scorn, I die, I hide, I want.
Saul Bellow
#99. Initial euphoria would give way to shock, shock to horror, and then, as the killing dragged on with no end in sight, horror to a kind of benumbed despair.
Scott Anderson
#100. Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.
Sydney Smith
