Quotes and Sayings About Neglect
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We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again...
-- Ai Yazawa -
Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.
-- Alexandra David-Neel -
We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms.
-- Alfred Adler -
The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice.
-- Allan Kardec -
Life is stronger than you are, even when you deny it, even when you neglect it, even when you refuse to admit it.
-- Anna Gavalda -
Can one make the future a substitute for the present? And what guarantee have we that the future will be any better if we neglect the present?
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh -
Thorough preparation must lead to success. Neglect nothing.
-- Arthur Currie -
Half our fears arise from neglect of the Bible.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.
-- Charles Spurgeon -
If we neglect our privileges, the gods take them from us ...
-- Constance Fenimore Woolson -
Overemphasis on the sex aspect of morality has led to a neglect of its other aspects and a narrowing of its range.
-- Corliss Lamont -
The secret to winning a woman is calculated neglect.
-- David Benioff -
When you focus so much on the word, you tend to neglect the realm of silence.
-- David Steindl-Rast -
The poorest education that teaches self-control is better than the best that neglects it.
-- Dorothy Nevill -
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
-- E. W. Howe -
Doing is never enough if you neglect Being.
-- Eckhart Tolle -
A plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.
-- Edgar Saltus -
No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.
-- Eduard Shevardnadze -
I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn't be the writing.
-- Ernest Gaines -
Oh! to be loved by a man I respect, To bask in the glow of his perfectly understandable neglect.
-- Frank Loesser -
He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.
-- Friedrich Schiller -
The challenge to each human is creation. Will you create with reverence, or with neglect?
-- Gary Zukav -
Virtues neglected then, adored become, And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb.
-- George Crabbe -
Nearly all our ills are the result of neglect in some way or other. And this truth may be said to apply to the ills of nations as well. Negligence is at the bottom of all decay. And decay always starts by showing little signs-or warnings. Then is the time to show interest and to be alert. There is nothing quite so easy as to neglect, and nothing quite so difficult as to repair that negligence. Negligence always carries a high price. It costs nothing to avoid it!
-- George Matthew Adams -
Doom comes about because of neglecting to evaluate one's self and because of just following one's whims.
-- Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya -
It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
-- J. C. Ryle -
Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.
-- J. C. Ryle -
People don't die of old age, they die of neglect.
-- Jack LaLanne -
The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.
-- James Ellis