Quotes by Yield Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances. Karl Abraham yieldoppositeschildren I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done. Katharine Whitehorn yieldofficedone The reason fiber helps us control our weight is that it fills the belly yet yields few calories since fiber is, for the most part, not something that we can digest. Kathy Freston fiberyieldweight When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. Khalil Gibran yieldmaywings I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the Judo expert does not oppose such movements at all. No, he yields to them. But he does much more than yield to them. He aids them with a wicked sleight that causes the assailant to put out his own shoulder, to fracture his own arm, or in a desparate case, even to break his own neck or back. Lafcadio Hearn wickedyieldexperts The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife. The greatest directors of men are those who yield place to others. This is called the Virtue of not striving, the capacity for directing mankind; this is being the compeer of Heaven. It was the highest goal of the ancients. Laozi yieldhumilitymen When you look at dividend returns on equities versus bond yields, to me its a pretty easy decision to be heavily in equities. Laurence D. Fink yielddecisionlooks Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you. Laozi yieldconfusedconfusion The public official must pick his way nicely, must learn to placate though not to yield too much, to have the art of honeyed words but not to seem neutral, and above all to keep constantly audible, visible, likable, even kissable. Learned Hand yieldtoo-muchart We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions. Lech Walesa unionsyieldpeople It is fitting for a great nation to yield. Laozi taoyieldfitting Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort. Leonardo da Vinci yieldeffortbasketball You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. Leopold von Ranke yieldhistorypast And I'll dance with you in Vienna, I'll be wearing a river's disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there and the moss. And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty, my cheap violin and my cross. Leonard Cohen yieldmusicrivers If a great country yields to a small country, it will conquer the small country. If a small country yields to a great country, it will be conquered by the great country. Laozi taoismyieldcountry A great country needs more people to serve it. A small country needs more people to serve. So, if both shall get what they need, the great country ought to yield. Laozi yieldcountrypeople The pain is what you make of it. You have to find something in it that yields. I understood my guiding imperative as: keep bleeding, but find some love in the blood. Leslie Jamison yieldpainblood Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. Leonardo da Vinci persistenceyieldperseverance Never yield to gloomy anticipation. Place your hope and confidence in God. He has no record of failure Lettie Cowman yieldrecordschristian The only power that God yields to is that of prayer. Leonard Ravenhill yieldprayer«1617181920212223242526»
