Quotation Explorer - 'Maintain'

Pleasure is an important component of the quality of life, but by itself it does not bring happiness. Pleasure helps to maintain order, but by itself cannot create a new order in consciousness. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Maintain a balance life: Nurture your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. - Lailah Gifty Akita
After much prayer, careful study and reliance on the Holy Spirit, I have concluded this about Christ’s intercession for us. Jesus died on the cross to purchase peace with God for me and He is in heaven now to maintain that peace, for me and in me. - David Wilkerson
You will never attain and maintain more than you think you deserve. - Rob Liano
It's amazing to me how hard people work to maintain a life they hate. - Steve Maraboli
We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside. - Anchee Min
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. - Alexander Pope
To maintain any degree of sanity, we must believe that everything is interconnected on some level and to experience that level fully once in a while. - Vironika Tugaleva
Perhaps even atheism versus theism is an example of this principle that an apparent either/or can really be a both/and. For I suspect that the God you insist does not exist is probably a God I also insist does not exist; and perhaps the God I maintain does exist is a God you have never denied. - Peter Kreeft
Always maintain the attitude of a student. When a person thinks they have finished learning, that is when bitterness and disappointment can set in, as that person will wake up everyday wondering when someone is going to throw a parade in their honour for being so smart. - Nick Offerman
If any choose to maintain, as many do, that species were gradually brought to their maturity from humbler forms ... he is welcome to his hypothesis, but I have nothing to do with it.
Relationships should have some limitations, because without limitations one cannot maintain his respect and love. - Faisal Nawaz Maitlo
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. - Dante Alighieri
Life is not a race but a pace we need to maintain with reality. - Amit Abraham
Daphne’s thought in Nation: This was no time to go totally mad. You had to maintain standards. - Terry Pratchett
The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo. - Bob Iger
Getting money is easy but do you have the education that will help maintain it? - Unarine Ramaru
Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of equilibrium that guarantees the survival of any particular species - least of all the survival of her greatest and most fragile product: man. - Ayn Rand
Trust more in God. Believe that He who created you will maintain you.
The power of positive thoughts is divine. Maintain a positive thoughts to create the life you want. - Lailah Gifty Akita
Maintain balance in life; not unlike a tire, a life out of balance results in a rough ride and needless wear and tear. - Glenn A. Maltais
Maintain focus on what God called you to do. - Sunday Adelaja
To maintain peace in the world, first maintain peace inside of you. A restless mind can never generate beneficial ideas. - Mehek Bassi
When you can maintain continual awareness of where you are and hold onto the vision of where you want to go, you transform your life from wandering to wonder. - Andrea Goegleinlein
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. - Dante Alighieri
General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power. - Herbert M. Shelton
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. - Galileo Galilei
Any belief worth embracing will stand up to the litmus test of scrutiny. If we have to qualify, rationalize, make exceptions for, or turn a blind eye to maintain a belief, then it may well be time to release that belief. - Laurie Buchanan, PhD
Don't show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you'll see is hate and jealousy, and you'll fight with him in the street like a dog and all you'll feel is regret. - Michael Bassey Johnson
To oppose something is to maintain it... You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk a different road. - Ursula K. Le Guin
One must always maintain one’s connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort. - Gaston Bachelard
The world could be a little less cruel, if we nurture each other while we grow; learn understanding while we transform and maintain a humble attitude whilst we succeed. - Nikki Rowe
It takes a spiritual soldier to maintain salvation. - Cyc Jouzy
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
The challenge for people today--and it is not and easy one--is to maintain high personal standards even while feeling that one is living in a moral sewer. - Nathaniel Branden
It is in racists' best interest to maintain white supremacy at all costs. They will defend it with their lives, but ONLY after they've defended it with ours. - Darnell Lamont Walker
It is pointless and impossible to maintain a modern ideology based on inaccurate memories of a dead and distant past. - Yasin al Hafiz
When you have experienced the depth of your inner self, the idea of enlightenment is no longer a goal to strive towards, but rather an attitude to maintain. - Gary Hopkins
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. - George Washington
What-what do you want?" Annabeth asked, trying to maintain a tone of confidence.The voice cackled maliciously.'To curse you, of course! To destroy you thousand times in the name of Mother Night!'"Only a thousand times?" Percy murmured. "Oh, good...I thought we were in trouble. - Rick Riordan
If the modern Protestant churches must maintain her place of relevance in the society, we would need to review where we missed it and how we have diverted from the teachings of the Protestants. - Sunday Adelaja
All times are beautiful for those who maintain joy within them; but there is no happy or favorable time for those with disconsolate or orphaned souls. - Rosalía de Castro
Some Women are the fire... and the right one will keep throwing sticks, to maintain their burning desires... K.K - Konstantinos Kyriakou.K.K
It's much more difficult to maintain personal hygiene if you're obese. Believe it or not, I've found items like remote controls and packages of cigarettes in people's fat rolls. - Jan Garavaglia
It can be sad how time may change things in our lives, yet let us not forget we always maintain the power to choose whether or not to be happy about the changes it brings. - Mark W. Boyer
The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality. - Dante Alighieri
In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. - Bill Vaughan
One should always maintain a safe distance from the people who like a person’s online post but refrain to do so the same for the same post on others social media account UNDER IDENTICAL CONDITION. - Anuj Somany
Being faithful in the smallest things is the way to gain, maintain, and demonstrate the strength needed to accomplish something great. - Alex Harris
Parenting requires a delicate balance of letting your child be your spiritual teacher while you maintain the clarity and boundaries to be her Earthly teacher. - Jennifer Griffin
People thank God when God no longer sits on the throne. The angels descend down to deliver miracles because they are trying to maintain the face of God. In the end, you must place your hopes and prayers with the angels. It has become quite sad in Heaven without its puppet master. - Lionel Suggs
Quality of life does not depends up on the branded product that you use. It totally depends up on the quality of your thoughts and quality you maintain to express your thoughts - Anoop Raghav
The people who can most successfully lose weight and maintain a healthy life style are foodies. When it comes to healthy eating, people who know how to cook and make ingredients taste good have a distinct advantage over those who can't. - Edward Ugel
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true. - Carl Sagan
To hold the power of affection and maintain the roots of love, you must stay trusted. - Auliq Ice
Making decisions about whether to keep and how to organize objects requires categorization skills, confidence in one's ability to remember, and sustained attention. To maintain order, one also needs the ability to efficiently assess the value or utility of an object.
A douchebag has an image to maintain. He is not real. He is the kind of guy who will change his last name into something cooler and more impressive. - Cory Duchesne
In this world, whenever there is light, there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exist, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and hatred is born to protect love. - Masashi Kishimoto
Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face. - Augusten Burroughs
We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race. - Cicero
As part of it's 'Astro' program LAPD helicopters maintain an average nineteen-hours-per-day vigil over 'high crime areas', tactically coordinated to patrol car forces, and exceeding even the British Army's aerial surveillance of Belfast.
The universe is a life giving force that is part of us. It flows in harmony through us guiding our every step. It maintain the harmony and flow of life. It gives us the passion and the knowledge we need to live and be inspired by. Yet in return, it is inspired by the human spirit - Sameh Elsayed
The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child. - John Irving
When unity of the mind, speech and body occurs, God has called that the ‘foremost’ religion. If they do not remain in unison, you should maintain the intent of ‘I want to keep them in unison’; then some day it will come into fruition if this resolve is there. - Dada Bhagwan
NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they are supposed to maintain the status quo. They are the missionaries of the corporate world. - Arundhati Roy
To insure good health: Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life. - William Londen
Decency...must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep. - Quentin Crisp
The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief. - Michael Crichton
When you maintain long-term relationships with the people and things you value most, this dedication reveals worth, reliability, trustworthiness, beauty, and integrity. Be someone who adds value and cares for cherished loved ones and belongings in this moment or for life. - Laura Staley
One of the maxims of the new field of conservation biological control is that to control insect herbivores, you must maintain populations of insect herbivores. - Douglas Tallamy
I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong. - Morrissey
If God brings people to build your relationship, it's up to you to maintain that relationship! - Bruce Mbanzabugabo
When I intentionally thank God for the good gifts that come from being his child, I find it almost impossible to maintain my sour disposition. - Lori Hatcher
I believe we could both maintain growth and increase, both in quality and quantity - Sunday Adelaja
We can fill our lives with ‘stuff,’ but as we do we’re concurrently filling our lives with the obligation to maintain that ‘stuff. - Craig D. Lounsbrough
I do not dream, I simply maintain an ever growing list of things I will do and things that I won't. - Mark Boyer
Ironically, girls who don't think so much about their family and are a little bit self-centred are not only happier themselves but also maintain good relationships with their families. - Farahad Zama
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government - Spurious quote attributed to George Washington but never said by him .
Innumerable victories are silently celebrated each day by those who maintain their courage. - Deborah L. Norris
i believe in the freedom of state where every people have to right develop their culture and maintain the democracy while two things are very essential justice and equality - Long Live Pakistan and Happy Independence Day - Avinash Advani
It is all too common for caterpillars to become butterflies and then to maintain that in their youth they had been little butterflies. Maturation makes liars of us all. - George E. Vaillant
Health and disease are the same thing—vital action intended to preserve, maintain, and protect the body. There is no more reason for treating disease than there is for treating health. - Herbert M. Shelton
Life is persisting thing which will never stop, we have to maintain us in all situations. - Salman Mansuri
Moments of splendor and moments of gloom they help maintain life’s balance. One thought is key: they all pass... - Joan F. Marques
To have self confidence is great, but to maintain self confidence is even greater - G.S. Alag
You will have more fun on your vacation if you maintain a mental age of 18 or less. Act just old enough to make your travel connections and stay out of trouble.
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