(749 quotes found)
“I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.”
Walter Anderson
“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
Benjamin Franklin
“More and more products are coming out in fiercely protective packaging designed to prevent consumers from consuming them. These days you have to open almost every consumer item by gnawing on the packaging.”
Dave Barry
“Time is what prevents everything from happening at once”
John Archibald Wheeler
“I think its ironic that for once dad's butt prevented the release of toxic gas”
Nancy Cartwright
“Proper preparation prevents poor performance.”
Charlie Batch
“Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder”
Tertullian
“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.”
John Stuart Mill
“The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness;”
Chinese Proverbs
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Henry de Bracton
