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  • But labor of the hands, even when pursued to the verge of drudgery, is perhaps never the worst form of idleness. It has a constantand imperishable moral, and to the scholar it yields a classic result.

    Yield   Hands   Moral  
    Henry David Thoreau (2004). “Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic”, p.153, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

    Wings   Yield   May  
    Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.22, Lulu.com
  • The brave, impetuous heart yields everywhere to the subtle, contriving head.

    Heart   Yield   Brave  
    Matthew Arnold (1869). “Poems”, p.42
  • But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they may have a long, happy, and holy day before them in which they may serve God with all then hearts. Who knows what glory God may have of them? Heathen lands may call them blessed. Whole nations may be enlightened by them. O brethren and sisters, let us estimate children at their true valuation, and we shall not keep them back, but we shall be eager to lead them to Jesus at once.

    Girl   Jesus   Children  
  • When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life and dry in brittle in death So the soft and supple are the companion of life While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death An army that cannot yield will be defeated A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind Thus by Nature's own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant

    Life   Strong   Army  
  • The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will make you yield.

    Powerful   Hate   Yield  
    Holly Black (2008). “Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale”, p.194, Simon and Schuster
  • If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.

    Yield   Law   Giving  
    Samuel Adams (1968). “The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1770-1773”
  • Nothing fires the warrior’s heart more with courage than to find himself and his comrades at the point of annihilation, at the brink of being routed and overrun, and then to dredge not merely from one’s own bowels or guts but from one’s discipline and training the presence of mind not to panic, not to yield to the possession of despair, but instead to complete those homely acts of order which Dienekes had ever declared the supreme accomplishment of the warrior: to perform the commonplace under far-from-commonplace conditions.

    Heart   Warrior   Fire  
    Steven Pressfield (1999). “Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae”, Bantam
  • At Jaffa in Syria and among the Nomads in Arabia, are lakes of enormous size that yield very large masses of asphalt, which are carried off by the inhabitants thereabouts.

    Lakes   Yield   Arabia  
    "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book VII, Chapter III, Section 8), circa 15 BC.
  • Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger.

  • It is fitting for a great nation to yield.

    Yield   Tao   Fitting  
    Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage
  • Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to respect but never yield to. Pain was simply a message, telling him which limbs he could still use to slaughter his enemies, how far he could still run, and what his chances were in the next battle.

    Running   Pain   Yield  
  • A true Friendship is as wise as it is tender. The parties to it yield implicitly to the guidance of their love, and know no otherlaw nor kindness.

    Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.114, Penguin
  • We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and businessmen. Thirty years ago, no one could have foreseen the huge expansion of the Vietnam War, wage and price controls, two oil shocks, the resignation of a president, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a one-day drop in the Dow of 508 points, or treasury bill yields fluctuating between 2.8% and 17.4%.

    War   Yield   Years  
    Letter To the Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., www.berkshirehathaway.com. March 7, 1995.
  • When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

  • Politeness costs little and yields much.

    Yield   Cost   Littles  
  • You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: be busy, and you will be safe.

    Love   Business   Yield  
    'Remedia Amoris' l. 143
  • There is fuel in every bit of vegetable matter that can be fermented. There's enough alcohol in one year's yield of an acre of potatoes to drive the machinery necessary to cultivate the fields for a hundred years.

  • A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

    Happiness   Wise   Yield  
    "De L'Amour (On Love)". Book by Stendhal (Chapter 60), 1822.
  • The person that goes regularly and intelligently to the Lord's Table finds it increasingly hard to yield to sin and conform to the world.

    Yield   World   Tables  
    J.C Ryle, Rev Terry Kulakowski, Editor “PRACTICAL RELIGION”, Lulu.com
  • The higher the yield, the higher the risk. A high yield is designed to attract investors. An outrageously high yield attracts fools.

    Yield   Risk   Fool  
  • Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. ...The ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you.

    Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc
  • Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

  • In order for the inner man to be strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit, the children of God must discharge their responsibility. They need to yield specifically to the Lord, forsake every doubtful aspect in their life, be willing to obey fully God's will, and believe through prayer that He will flood their spirit with His power.

    Watchman Nee (1993). “The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee”, p.50, Christian Fellowship Publishers
  • Last night I had rinsed out my sari strip and briefs in the sea. I walked down naked to where they hung in the branches of the silvery leafed tree beside the creek. Underneath the lazy sensuality of a luxurious stretch from toes to nose I felt the strong unequivocal demand of my blood. I hugged myself for a moment watching the grey light yield to dawn through half-closed eyes.

    Strong   Eye   Night  
  • Complexity begets ambiguity, which yields in all ways to prejudice and avarice. Complication does not so much defeat Men as arm them with fancy.

    Men   Yield   Doe  
    R. Scott Bakker (2012). “The White-Luck Warrior: Book Two”, p.138, The Overlook Press
  • The Bible is no lazy man's book! Much of its treasure, like the valuable minerals stored in the bowels of the earth, only yield up themselves to the diligent seeker.

    Book   Men   Yield  
    Matthew Henry, J. Gill, Arthur W. Pink (2001). “Exposition of I and II Samuel”, p.197, Sovereign Grace Publishers,
  • These scars on my body,” Alexander declared, “were got for you, my brothers. Every wound, as you see, is in the front. Let that man stand forth from your ranks who has bled more than I, or endured more than I for your sake. Show him to me, and I will yield to your weariness and go home.” Not a man came forward. Instead, a great cheer arose from the army. The men begged their king to forgive them for their want of spirit and pleaded with him only to lead them forward.

    Brother   Kings   Cheer  
    Steven Pressfield (2011). “The Warrior Ethos”, p.25, Black Irish Entertainment LLC
  • Here is a piece of earth. If you stand staring at it and doing nothing, what does the earth yield? Nothing. Just like a woman.

    Yield   Doe   Pieces  
  • There are few substance to which it yields interest, when it is considered how very intimately the knowledge and properties and uses of iron is connected with human civilization.

    George Fownes (1845). “Elementary Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical”, p.224
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