Quotes by Yield Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine. Napoleon Bonaparte public-opinionyieldpowerful The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault. Napoleon Bonaparte yieldretirementwar Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them. Napoleon Hill yieldnatureprofound It is only by yielding to God that we can begin to realize His will for us. And if we truly trust God, why not yield to His loving omniscience? After all, He knows us and our possibilities much better than do we. Neal A. Maxwell why-notyieldtrust No effort is ever wasted, although some pay dividends later than you think. Do not imagine that you "wasted your time" because something didn't turn out right. There is no such thing as "waste" in the Universe. Everything - everything - yields benefit. It's true. And your life will show you this. So don't decry the "effort that failed." All things lead to your highest good. You just may not know it yet. Neale Donald Walsch yieldeffortthinking The harrowing of the soul can be like the harrowing of the soil; to increase the yield, things are turned upside down. Neal A. Maxwell soilyieldsoul The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong. Neil Young yieldstrongartist Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we are unwilling to accept; an inference is rejected if it violates a rule we are unwilling to amend. Nelson Goodman yieldjustifiedagreement Although Verwoerd thought Africans were lower than animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Political assassination is not something I or the ANC ever supported. It is a primitive way of contending with an opponent Nelson Mandela yieldpoliticalanimal Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their innate evil passions as often as they can do so with safety. Niccolo Machiavelli yieldpassionmen Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked. Niccolo Machiavelli yieldsimplemen December finds himself again a child Nick Gordon yieldnightchildren To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux yieldsupportrights Good engineering is characterized by gradual, stepwise refinement of products that yields increased performance under given constraints and with given resources. Niklaus Wirth engineeringresourcesyield The observation that species are amazingly conservative and static entities throughout long periods of time has all the qualities of the emperor's new clothes: everyone knew it but preferred to ignore it. Paleontologists, faced with a recalcitrant record obstinately refusing to yield Darwin's predicted pattern, simply looked the other way. Niles Eldredge yieldclotheslong As people around the world become more affluent, they are demanding diets richer in animal protein, which will require ever more robust feed crop yields to sustain. Nina Fedoroff yieldanimalpeople Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle. Noam Chomsky concentration-of-wealthyieldgiving Advocacy of leaf protein as a human food is based on the undisputed fact that forage crops (such as lucerne) give a greater yield of protein than other types of crops. Even with conventional food crops there is more protein in the leafy parts than in the seeds or tubs that are usually harvested. Norman Pirie tubsyieldgiving The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields. Nuno Oliveira yieldhorsehands Make it a habit to praise the horse when the horse yields. Nuno Oliveira yieldhorsepraise«2122232425262728293031»
