#yielding

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep. ↗

— Elizabeth II

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To submit isn’t to be forced. It’s to yield to a force greater than your own, in order to become part of the whole. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

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If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past. ↗

— Dean Acheson

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Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God. ↗

— George Whitefield

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Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

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Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in. ↗

— Billy Sunday

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Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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Not an old woman that buys a paper of pins, without yielding a part of the price to the banks as interest! ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

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Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible. ↗

— Jane Swisshelm

#dying #impossible #yielding