Quotes by Yield Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked. Ovid datingyieldromance Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts its own interest first and twists every argument, word, even fact to suit that interest. Paul Brunton twistsyieldego This withdrawal from the day's turmoil into creative silence is not a luxury, a fad, or a futility. It is a necessity, because it tries to provide the conditions wherein we are able to yield ourselves to intuitive leadings, promptings, warnings, teachings, and counsels and also to the inspiring peace of the soul. It dissolves mental tensions and heals negative emotions. Paul Brunton luxuryyieldteaching Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego's fascination with its own image. Paul Brunton yieldegomirrors The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds. Paul D. Boyer coalyieldeffort While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all. Oscar Wilde yieldcharitymen 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. Paul Gauguin yieldnatureessence I really think that people have to think safety; taking risks for higher yield is a bad idea once you're in late or latish middle age. Paul Krugman yieldideasthinking For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Paul the Apostle yieldpeacefuldiscipline Your teaching must have the integrity of serious, sound words to which no one can take exception. If it does, no opponent will be able to find anything bad to say about us, and hostility will yield to shame. Paul the Apostle yieldteachingintegrity There are endless treasures of grace waiting for those who will make even the most feeble attempts to pray. The weakest prayers yield grace. Paul Washer yieldprayerwaiting All must yield to the weight of years; conquest is not difficult for time. Pedro Calderon de la Barca yieldtimeyears Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. They are the oldest civilized people on earth. Their civilization passes through phases but its basic characteristics remain the same. They yield, they bend to the wind, but they never break. Pearl S. Buck yieldwindcivilization But ... the working scientist ... is not consciously following any prescribed course of action, but feels complete freedom to utilize any method or device whatever which in the particular situation before him seems likely to yield the correct answer. ... No one standing on the outside can predict what the individual scientist will do or what method he will follow. Percy Williams Bridgman yieldanswersaction I am gone into the fields To take what this sweet hour yields; Reflection, you may come to-morrow, Sit by the fireside with Sorrow. You with the unpaid bill, Despair, You, tiresome verse-reciter, Care, I will pay you in the grave, Death will listen to your stave. Percy Bysshe Shelley yieldreflectionsweet The English also had a reputation, shared with the Dutch, for blowing up their ships to avoid capture. In 1611, for instance, the Spanish Admiral Don Pedro de toledo captured a Turkish pirate ship, but its English consort, 'being wont to seek a voluntary death rather than yield, blew up their ship when they saw resistance useless'. Blowing up their ships, or at least threatening to do so, would become standard pirate practice. Peter Earle pirateyieldpractice It can be said with complete confidence that any scientist of any age who wants to make important discoveries must study important problems. Dull or piffling problems yield dull or piffling answers. It is not enough that a problem should be "interesting". Peter Medawar yielddiscoveryscience When a resource is scarce, you increase its yield. Peter Drucker increaseyieldmotivational The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth. Peter Straub yieldbluelying Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. Peter Singer yieldstronglong«2324252627282930313233»
