#remaining

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#any #anything #away #because #benefit

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#knowledge #remaining-silent #wisdom #men

Speak only if it improves upon the silence. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#improvement

Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence. ↗

— Richard Yates

#silence #improvement

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide. ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#psychology #remaining-silent #reticence #silence #gossip

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

#life #progressing #remaining #stationary #such

Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land. ↗

— Alvar N. C. de Vaca

#although #days #field #fled #fruits

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#another man #cannot #ditch #down #him

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#dangerous #dangers #fishermen #found #know

After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power. ↗

— Sheikh Hasina

#attacks #authority #cases #few #government