#yield

The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride. ↗

— Sophocles

#character #course #crime #failure #mistakes

Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome . ↗

— Maria Weston Chapman

#fatigue #forget #grudge #love #opposition

I don’t believe in the zodiac. Whenever anybody asks me what my sign is, I always say “Yield. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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Technology has allowed us to have more drought-resistant crops. The spotty nature of drought, the spotty nature of rains can sometimes result in better yields than anticipated. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

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Imagination is the creative force that through necessity yields solutions to resolve the issues that face us. ↗

— Steven Redhead

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Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?" -Royce Westmoreland ↗

— Judith McNaught

#yield #dreams

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#knot #method #political #teeth #tongue

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

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