Maintain Quotes

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their silence at times of crisis. — Dan Brown

I've tried to maintain my independence in Congress. Sometimes that has meant opposing my own party leaders. — Collin C. Peterson

To hold the power of affection and maintain the roots of love, you must stay trusted. — Auliq Ice

We can still maintain our coasts and oceans for the generations to come, who deserve what we have. — Aaron Peirsol

There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power. — Robin Hobb

This game is so elusive. You try to maintain the peaks and level up the valleys. — Tom Watson

To maintain success, stamina is more important than talent. You have to learn to be a marathon runner. — Joan Rivers

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach. — Paulo Coelho

Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it. — Neal Stephenson

It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia. — Juan Manuel Santos

Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English. — Mahatma Gandhi

It's a cruel process, aging. Take my advice, dear, maintain your independence as long as possible. — Jonathan Evison

It is exceedingly difficult to maintain a sense of absence without turning that absence into some kind of presence — Mark Epstein

Federalism should be able to maintain unity among all. But this does not mean that we should boycott regional voices and the voices of ethnic groups. — Khil Raj Regmi

I do maintain that if your hair is wrong, your entire life is wrong. — Morrissey

I'm not a celebrity, I've kind of been under the radar, has kept it easier for me to maintain a career. — Shia Labeouf

when a man has little time, he must take care to maintain his calm. We must act as if we had eternity before us. — Umberto Eco

When you get something that you don't work for, you won't know how to value or maintain it. — DeVon Franklin

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. — Felix Adler

By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight! — Jean Racine

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. — Maya Angelou

To maintain the ability to admit and grow from our mistakes rather than let them defeat us represents best the inner strength of a people. — Haki R. Madhubuti

I find that falling in love is way more fun than just having that instant attraction that you have to maintain for a relationship. — Judy Greer

Love is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent. — Robert Herrick

I've always tried to maintain that I don't have any advice to give. I'm a curious observer. — Aziz Ansari

What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Broaden your vision, and maintain stability while advancing forward. That is my philosophy. — Li Ka-shing

It takes more energy to maintain mediocrity than it takes to pursue excellence. — Matthew Kelly

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity. — Marianne Moore

As truly as God by His power once
created, so truly by that same power must God every moment maintain. — Andrew Murray

Sexuality is one of the most important ways in which we identify, establish, and maintain our boundaries. — Violet Blue

It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself. — Thomas Jefferson

You will find that success in life comes far easier when you maintain a cool head and a warm heart, rather than a hot head and cold feet. — Robert Griffin III

A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets. — Alexis Tsipras

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 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

Design a life! Don't maintain it. — Shannon L. Alder

Maintain a persistent focus of what you want — Lailah Gifty Akita

Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency. — Jeff Bezos

My daddy used to maintain, if you have to use ten-dollar words, what you're trying to say isn't worth a dime. — Charlene Weir

A scale is only in balance for a brief second. Inevitably the pendulum swings. It's impossible to maintain. — Ivanka Trump

To maintain the supreme sense of self-confidence I have cultivated, I repeat, 'I am strong, able and calm. — Robin S. Sharma

You have to work for love, you have to earn it, and you sure as hell have to maintain it. — Meghan Quinn

Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves. — Martin O'Malley

My dark comic edge is the end result of trying to use humor to maintain my sanity growing up in a dysfunctional family in Honolulu. — Kirby Wright

One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter. — Henry David Thoreau

It's really hard to maintain a one-on-one relationship if the other person is not going to allow me to be with other people. — Axl Rose

I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge. — Eugene Cernan

The most important thing a magazine can do online is maintain its brand and be very strong in terms of delivering on that brand. — Jann Wenner

I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity. — Orlando Bloom

The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective. — Hamza Yusuf

The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down. — Randy Travis

Love is Ability, to maintain, sustain and cherish a relationship — Ahtesham

I've been able to make films over the past 10 years but still maintain my anonymity. — Chris Evans

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

It's absolutely crucial to maintain my life as a poet. — Edward Hirsch

I practice every day and that kind of stuff to maintain my musicianship. — Bun E. Carlos

At midnight, everything changes." He steps to me his hand sweeps smoothly around my waist. I have to tilt my head back to maintain my eye contact. — Dee Palmer

Waxing my legs is pretty much the only thing I have to maintain. — Amanda Seyfried

I maintain, in truth, That with a smile we should instruct our youth, Be very gentle when we have to blame, And not put them in fear of virtue's name. — Moliere

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five. — James Whistler

Life is a struggle with things to maintain itself among them. Concepts are the strategic plan we form in answer to the attack. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

A Happiness key: Maintain something to be enthusiastic about. Small/frequent goals = Dopamine hits that propel success. — Steve Maraboli

Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new. — Orrin Woodward

Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

If my idea was just to maintain a certain lifestyle, there would be no need to get a Ph.D. But I do care very deeply about the idea side as well. — Evgeny Morozov

Sometimes I feel like I'm lacking a playfulness. I envy guys who are consistently able to maintain a playful, optimistic perspective on things. — Eric Dane

Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability. — Natan Sharansky

Merry Heart And Joy Is To Maintain Your Well Being — Sunday Adelaja

The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet. — Nathan Wolfe

Goals begin behaviors, consequences maintain them. — Kenneth H. Blanchard

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it. — Jewel

Rich means you have to stay there to maintain it. — Nell Carter

Is there anyone ... who will maintain that the Party System could have been created by people particularly fond of truth? — Gilbert K. Chesterton

I have real admiration for chefs who can maintain an edge and find new inspiration in their cooking after many years. — Daniel Boulud

It is a higher glory ... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war. — Augustine Of Hippo

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana. — Ted Cruz

Just as you maintain your home, your car, your garden, you should look after your greatest gift: your body. — Raquel Welch

Some men can maintain cragginess and weary masculinity. Women just get old. — Meryl Streep

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power. — David Mitchell

If I weren't getting paid or didn't have a character like Wolverine to maintain, I would just be a tall, lean, fit guy. — Hugh Jackman

Your brand is your personal lawyer ... It defends and speaks for you even in your absence. Keep calm and maintain a good brand! — Israelmore Ayivor

I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do. — Zach Galifianakis

The habit of stifling an impulse is your conditioned thinking, bent by society's stamp, doing its best to maintain its dominance. — Garry Fitchett

I only know that I am now a priestess of Satan trying to maintain after a freak-out to test how free everybody was and to take our vows. — Beatrice Sparks

Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned. — Gautama Buddha

The idea of God is very useful,' Napoleon said, 'to maintain good order, to keep men in the path of virtue and to keep them from crime. — Andrew Roberts

If you should attempt to maintain that film is an art in conversation with a cultured, intelligent American, he'll just plain stop talking to you. — Ilya Ilf

It's part of my job to maintain the emotional reality and the naturalism even when the atmosphere is contrived. — Michel Gondry

Your Primal efforts must be fun, energising and easy to maintain at all times, otherwise, you are destined to fail. — Mark Sisson

To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his non-existence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Always maintain a joyful mind. Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up. — Jeff Bridges

You have to travel globally today to know what's going on and maintain an edge. — Yuri Milner

A body in motion can maintain this motion only if it remains in contact with a mover. — Aristotle.

Consider reading an inspirational book or listen to a podcast every day. You will maintain a library of positive thoughts in your head. — Timi Nadela

Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity. — Timothy Keller

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

Life will get in the way. Count on it. Be prepared for it. Maintain focus and press on towards your goal. — Robert Kiyosaki

Daphne's thought in Nation:
This was no time to go totally mad. You had to maintain standards. — Terry Pratchett

I think we need to maintain the good relationship between the people of Egypt and the people of the United States. — Hesham Qandil