Quotes about Avoidance
Such was the case with most unhappy students; they avoided even one another, so intent on their own unhappiness they failed to notice the other lost souls around them.
— Alice Hoffman
The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.
— Thomas Jefferson
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called.
— Anonymous
A man is known by the company he avoids.
— Anonymous
We see how many tricks they try, how many pursuits they exhaust themselves with in order to secure the objects of their ambition or greed, while trying to avoid, on the other hand, poverty and humility.
— John Calvin
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
— Norman Vincent Peale
It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.
— Publilius Syrus
You cannot avoid sin or mistake anyway (Romans 5:12), but if you try too fervently, it often creates even worse problems.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
— John of the Cross
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.
— Pierre Corneille
We live in a world that is filled with filth and sleaze, a world that reeks of evil. You cannot afford that filthy poison to touch you. Stay away from it. Avoid it.
— Gordon Hinckley
I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could.
— David Walton