Yield Quotes
When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to build them; others should be rational enough to yield to them.
To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.
Guns don't win wars; guns and bombs may kill a man but they cannot make him follow their lead, nor will they ever coerce an unyielding man to yield.
I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.
If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice.
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
To love all ages yield surrender; But to the young it's raptures bring A blessing bountiful and tender- As storms refresh the fields of spring.
The miracle of self-healing occurs when the inner patient yields to the inner physician.
Like the sea itself, the unconscious yields an endless and self-replenishing abundance of creatures, a wealth beyond our fathoming.
Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.....All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.
Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.
I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we refuse the proffered means of succor and redress.
We yield to none in our love, admiration and respect for the Buddha-the Dharma-the Sangha. They are all ours. Their glories are ours and ours their failures.
Sow a seed and the earth will yield you a flower. Dream your dream to the sky and it will bring you your beloved.
The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields.
Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.
I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.
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.
You can live with victory over the desires of your flesh. Habits, attitudes, desires, worries, and dissipation must yield as you exercise authority over your mind, emotions, and will.
Halfway through any work, one is often tempted to go off on a tangent. Once you have yielded, you will be tempted to yield again and again... Finally, you would only produce something hybrid.
Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.
Applied Science is a conjuror, whose bottomless hat yields impartially the softest of Angora rabbits and the most petrifying of Medusas.
The laws of Congress and the laws of physics have grown increasingly divergent, and the laws of physics are not likely to yield.
I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.
Yield not thy neck To fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance. In the difficult are the friendly forces, the hands that work on us.
Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.
Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists.
The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.
The work of art... is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.
Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger.