Quotes about Destructive

Limitation of means is a precondition of excellence. Creative freedom chooses its limitations. Destructive freedom rejects them heedlessly. Votes: 3

Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live. Votes: 3

The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way. Votes: 3

Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything. Votes: 2

Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive. Votes: 2

We live in a culture of destructive transparency. Votes: 2

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. Votes: 2

A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive. Votes: 2

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. Votes: 2

The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing. Votes: 2

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. Votes: 2

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. Votes: 2

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. Votes: 2

Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition. Votes: 2

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free. Votes: 2

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Votes: 2

The insatiable need for heartless power and ruthless control is the telltale sign of an uninitiated man - the most irresponsible, incompetent and destructive force on earth. Votes: 2

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life. Votes: 2

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive. Votes: 2

The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts. Votes: 2

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. Votes: 2

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. Votes: 2

But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based. Votes: 2

A spiritual partnership is between people who promise themselves to use all of their experiences to grow spiritually. They use their emotions to show them how to create constructive and healthy and joyful consequences instead of destructive and unhealthy and painful consequences. Votes: 2

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree. Votes: 2

We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in. Votes: 2

There's such an extreme feeling to be in love, especially in quite an emotionally destructive relationship, where you're both kind of really bad for each other, but you love each other so much. Those extreme emotions, I think, can only be described with extreme imagery. Votes: 2

I get anxious about a lot of things, that's the trouble. I get anxious about everything. I just can't stop thinking about things all the time. And here's the really destructive part - it's always retrospective. I waste time thinking of what I should have said or done. Votes: 2

Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish. Votes: 2

Society becomes very destructive. Votes: 0

The paper standard is self-destructive. Votes: 0

Enlightenment is a destructive process... Votes: 0

The most destructive criticism is indifference. Votes: 0

There's nothing cool about being self-destructive. Votes: 0

Scientology is destructive and a rip-off, Votes: 0

ACLU has become eccentric and destructive. Votes: 0

Love is always creative, fear always destructive. Votes: 0

I definitely have a real self-destructive streak. Votes: 0

I can be very self-destructive, but quietly. Votes: 0

Reviews are destructive by their very nature. Votes: 0

But we moderns are impatient and destructive. Votes: 0

There emanates from superlatives a destructive force. Votes: 0

Drugs and alcohol can be so destructive. Votes: 0

Familiarity is the most destructive of all iconoclasts. Votes: 0

The artist who makes himself accessible is self-destructive. Votes: 0

Guilt is a destructive and ultimately pointless emotion Votes: 0

Having books published is very destructive to writing. Votes: 0

I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore. Votes: 0

Worry is an unhealthy and destructive mental habit. Votes: 0

I've always had this impulse to be destructive. Votes: 0

I have a theory that theories are destructive. Votes: 0

There is no disease so destructive as lust. Votes: 0

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics. Votes: 0

Cleverness without wisdom: the most destructive force on Earth. Votes: 0

Self-destructive patterns cause as much suffering as outer catastrophes. Votes: 0

Rest and motion, unrelieved and unchecked, are equally destructive. Votes: 0

What you don't do can be a destructive force. Votes: 0

Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive. Votes: 0

Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive. Votes: 0

That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. Votes: 0

Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices. Votes: 0

My worst habit is my fear & my destructive rationalizing. Votes: 0

We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior. Votes: 0

I don't think of sex as a self-destructive impulse. Votes: 0

When change is necessary, not to change is destructive! Votes: 0

Making our goal anything other than peace is emotionally self-destructive. Votes: 0

The destructive one-fourth must be eliminated from the social body. Votes: 0

Constructive change offers the best method for avoiding destructive change. Votes: 0

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane. Votes: 0

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive! Votes: 0

Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus. Votes: 0

It is a destructive addition to add anything to Christ Votes: 0

The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive. Votes: 0

Currency warfare is the most destructive form of economic warfare. Votes: 0

Vulgarity is not as destructive to an artist as snobbery. Votes: 0

I find all that slightly destructive but mad love alluring. Votes: 0

The protection of evil must be the most self-destructive job. Votes: 0

Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind. Votes: 0

A hug's a happy thing while a shrug's so often destructive. Votes: 0

Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers. Votes: 0

Downsizing itself is an inevitable part of any creatively destructive economy. Votes: 0

The destructive power of a lie is stronger than the truth. Votes: 0

The unconscious can become destructive if it is disregarded and thwarted. Votes: 0

Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy? Votes: 0

A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play. Votes: 0

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast. Votes: 0

Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all human diseases. Votes: 0

The only thing more destructive than a tornado is a family. Votes: 0

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process. Votes: 0

You know what the most destructive force in the universe is? Regret. Votes: 0

How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That's all. Votes: 0

Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd. Votes: 0

Stardom can be very destructive - particularly if you believe in it. Votes: 0

Wars of the foolish are destructive, wars of the wise bring transformation. Votes: 0

Want to know what’s more destructive than a nuclear bomb? Words. Votes: 0

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. Votes: 0

Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth. Votes: 0

The anti-elitist values in America, I think, are very destructive to education. Votes: 0

The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive. Votes: 0

It's counterproductive and self-destructive to bear grudges with people that are negative. Votes: 0

Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive. Votes: 0

a weak and irresolute disposition is often more destructive than determined vice. Votes: 0

Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences. Votes: 0

For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together. Votes: 0

To advocate irrationality is to advocate that which is destructive to human life. Votes: 0

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness. Votes: 0

A discussion becomes destructive when it begins to generate more heat than light. Votes: 0

The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive. Votes: 0

A miserable, self-destructive, death rocker...better to burn out than to fade away. Votes: 0

The nuclear family doesn't work. It's very destructive; it grew out of selfishness. Votes: 0

Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive. Votes: 0

Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose. Votes: 0

Remain cheerful, For nothing destructive can pierce through The solid wall of cheerfulness. Votes: 0

Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness. Votes: 0

With proper tactics, nuclear war need not be as destructive as it appears. Votes: 0

The ancestor of every destructive action, every destructive decision, is a negative thought. Votes: 0

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty. Votes: 0

I am not self-destructive. I am not a person who wants to die. Votes: 0

No one wants to see self-destructive riots because there's no future in riots. Votes: 0

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive. Votes: 0

We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood. Votes: 0

The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be. Votes: 0

I can't think of a single area where [Barack] Obama is not destructive. Votes: 0

I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive. Votes: 0

If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity. Votes: 0

There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy. Votes: 0

Kindness that allows barriers to one's relationship with God to spring up is self-destructive. Votes: 0

The French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive. Votes: 0

You don't have freedom unless you have the freedom to do stupid self-destructive things. Votes: 0

Two Immeasurable Things: The healing power of love and the destructive power of hate. Votes: 0

I find drug use disrespectful, self-destructive, and weak. I want no part of it. Votes: 0

violent storms. and beautiful smiles. both have electricity. both are equally destructive in nature. Votes: 0

Listenin to nothin, takin no suggestions, All destructive criticisms that can't improve on perfection. Votes: 0

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. Votes: 0

Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all hueman diseases. Fear kills dreams! Votes: 0

Even the most sadistic and destructive man is human, as human as the saint. Votes: 0

Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World! Votes: 0

Never glorify anger; as anger is only destructive! You can never be happy destroying something!" Votes: 0

According to Mr. Obama, exceptionalism is so yesterday, an uncool, antiquated and ultimately destructive notion. Votes: 0

Excessive or irrational schedules are probably the single most destructive influence in all of software Votes: 0

I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.... Votes: 0

It was an addiction. A pointless, self-destructive addiction. But really, is there any other kind? Votes: 0

Drunkenness is deplorably destructive, but her demurer sister Gluttony destroys a hundred to her one. Votes: 0

I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest. Votes: 0

The habit of expressing loosely organized opinions is one of the most destructive of habits. Votes: 0

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive. Votes: 0

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had Votes: 0

The glory of God is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good. Votes: 0

No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic. Votes: 0

Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool. Votes: 0

The more isolated a person is, the more destructive the power of sin over him. Votes: 0

The liberal left can be as rigid and destructive as any force in American life. Votes: 0

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak. Votes: 0

A Senate vote on gay marriage is a destructive pretension against the plan of God Votes: 0

The glory of God is as destructive of evil as it is creative of good. Votes: 0

An Ego Mind is a destructive mind and a rational mind is a peaceful mind. Votes: 0

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive. Votes: 0

Blessed is the healthy nature; it is the coherent, sweetly co-operative, not incoherent, self-distracting, self-destructive one! Votes: 0

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty. Votes: 0

Can't react every time you're insulted. Free people absorb destructive things and refuse to be destroyed Votes: 0

The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive. Votes: 0

I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive. Votes: 0

I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive. Votes: 0

The Internet has become a hate-filled town square with no limits put on destructive verbal behavior. Votes: 0

Suffering is dysfunctional, except as a bodily warning against danger. Psychologically and socially it's merely destructive. Votes: 0

Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity. Votes: 0

deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac... It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people. Votes: 0

Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. Votes: 0

Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. Votes: 0

Our peaceful non-co-operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love. Votes: 0

I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past. Votes: 0

I don't want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world. Votes: 0

Somehow don't be bored, but if you must, use it in action. Use its destructive potential. Votes: 0

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up. Votes: 0

Just remember enough never to be vulnerable again: total forgetting could be as self-destructive as complete remembering. Votes: 0

One must learn to give up momentary, uncertain and destructive pleasure for delayed, restrained, but dependable pleasure. Votes: 0

The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive. Votes: 0

Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Votes: 0

Anger is the most useless emotion," Henchick intoned, "destructive to the mind and hurtful to the heart. Votes: 0

Words are so awesome. Words are containers for power. They carry either creative power or destructive power. Votes: 0

Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries. Votes: 0

Wars of opinion, as they have been the most destructive, are also the most disgraceful of conflicts. Votes: 0

Every rebellion which is not in its own nature self-destructive, is an expression of the divine spirit. Votes: 0

We want our children to live in a world without the destructive power of a warming planet. Votes: 0

It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good. Votes: 0

The third peculiarity of aerial warfare was that it was at once enormously destructive and entirely indecisive. Votes: 0

My children weary me. I can only see them as defective adults: feckless, destructive, frivolous, sensual, humorless. Votes: 0

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them Votes: 0

Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience. Votes: 0

I'm working on my relationship with my mother and father, but my upbringing has been very destructive. Votes: 0

When you do things with the power of passion and power of love, you create destructive beauty. Votes: 0

People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms. Votes: 0

There was a much more self-destructive nature in 'Appetite.' It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then. Votes: 0

Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy. Votes: 0

Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars Votes: 0

The great difference between the two feelings is that love is always creative, and fear is always destructive. Votes: 0

There is a self-destructive program running in the consciousness of humanity, and we must write a new program. Votes: 0

Conscious choice is creative. Unconscious choice is destructive. That is how we end up living other people's lives. Votes: 0

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions. Votes: 0

If we can find ways to love life and be joyful without being wasteful or destructive--that's what's important. Votes: 0

I know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest. Votes: 0

[Jill Stein] want a global treaty to halt climate change that adds teeth and ends destructive energy extraction. Votes: 0

Psychiatry is probably the single most destructive force that has affected American Society within the last fifty years. Votes: 0

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it. Votes: 0

The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. Votes: 0

To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful. Votes: 0

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after. Votes: 0

All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects. Votes: 0

I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world. Votes: 0

When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence. Votes: 0

The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive. Votes: 0

But in all the annals of human vice, no power is as destructive or demonic as perverted sincerity Votes: 0

One destructive mind-set that must be altered in our society is the thought that work is a curse. Votes: 0

For writers that rehearsal period is death. It is the most destructive thing of all to a script. Votes: 0

It's very hard to be good. It is self-destructive thinking to think that there is too much good. Votes: 0

Selfishness is one of the most destructive forces in man that is why life demands for its death. Votes: 0

The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain. Votes: 0

Vigilantly guard your mind against erroneous and destructive thought as you would guard your house against burglars and assassins. Votes: 0

Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble. Votes: 0

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea. Votes: 0

The most important part of discernment is pinpointing the forces to be reckoned with, both the constructive and destructive. Votes: 0

Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere. Votes: 0

There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive. Votes: 0

I think a human animal is far more wild and unpredictable and dangerous and destructive than any other animal. Votes: 0

Making those we love happy sounds innocent as a dove, but it can be as destructive as a lion. Votes: 0

The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about. Votes: 0

I'm trying to find a way to eat up time without being destructive, 'cause that's my go-to, it seems. Votes: 0

We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species. Votes: 0

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body. Votes: 0

Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive? Votes: 0

Everyone has to have a spirituality and everyone does have one, either a life-giving one or a destructive one. Votes: 0

Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions. Votes: 0

I'm a very emotional person, a person of real extremes, and that's often destructive both to myself and others. Votes: 0

Only the destructive forces know death as lord. Only spiritual forces know life as the Lord. Know ye the Lord! Votes: 0

To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion. Votes: 0

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. Votes: 0

I think that passion if really intense is always destructive if not to the two involved, always to other people ... Votes: 0

We were meant to grow. When we don't grow, we seek diversions--some harmless (if unproductive), others destructive--to fill the emptiness. Votes: 0

Whites already know blacks are stupid, violent, destructive apelike creatures. That is why Whites move away from them -- always. Votes: 0

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage. Economics is so fundamentally disconnected from the real world, it is destructive. Votes: 0

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully. Votes: 0

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another. Votes: 0

Humans are capable of so much creativity and goodness and at the same time they are destructive and cruel. (Leta) Votes: 0

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another. Votes: 0

[U]nless a woman is held, by man, safe within the bounds of belief, she becomes inevitably a destructive force. Votes: 0

Language is one of the thin walls humanity has built up over centuries against its own bestial and destructive impulses ... Votes: 0

The payroll tax increase was destructive financially, it took what was a close call and made it a bad call, Votes: 0

In football, hate can be a beautiful thing; sustaining and nourishing, quite unlike other manifestations of an otherwise destructive emotion. Votes: 0

Nature is powerful and beautiful,Nature is destructive and creative,Nature is amazing and wonderful,Nature is loving and graceful. Votes: 0

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do. Votes: 0

Language is the most beautiful and destructive thing because it allows you to express yourself, but it totally confuses everything. Votes: 0

I don't understand why Christians are taking such a bashing...and why do we glorify people that do destructive things? Votes: 0

Anything that needlessly robs you of your time, energy, and other precious resources is destructive to you and your leadership. Votes: 0

The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. Votes: 0

Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed. Votes: 0

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. Votes: 0

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. Votes: 0

Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world. Votes: 0

How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person? Votes: 0

She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, stealthily away from her ghosts. Votes: 0

The idiot had shot their own dog. That's what happened when the destructive potential of a man's weapons exceeded his intelligence. Votes: 0

I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers. Votes: 0

I only write about stuff that’s happened to me.. stuff I can’t get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive. Votes: 0

Through microscopic examination one can find in almost every life incidents or traits that can be destructive when they are magnified. Votes: 0

The creative instincts, the love force must be nourished with every beat of our hearts until they overbalance the destructive instincts. Votes: 0

Jude had witnessed all of this with the dejected respect one had for people with destructive talents, like winning hamburger-eating contests. Votes: 0

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state. Votes: 0

The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful. Votes: 0

Doubt, not self-reflection, comes from a destructive energy, and when it rears its head, I talk to it like a lunatic. Votes: 0

I think what's happened is that the general public has become much more aware of the destructive power of Wall Street. Votes: 0

And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly. Votes: 0

Your thought should be creative and not destructive; it should be full of hope and faith for a more excellent future. Votes: 0

For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses. Votes: 0

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self. Votes: 0

Fear is bound to disappear when you realize that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive, or painful, but something natural. Votes: 0

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive. Votes: 0

The three most destructive words that every man receives when he's a boy is when he's told to 'be a man'... Votes: 0

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble. Votes: 0

Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor. Votes: 0

There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me Votes: 0

Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. Votes: 0

Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It's a martyr burning at the stake. It's a crown of thorns and a cross. Votes: 0

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty. Votes: 0

The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons. Votes: 0

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness; aggressiveness engenders hostility; hostility engenders fear, a disastrous circle. Votes: 0

It becomes increasingly clear that we won't be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are. Votes: 0

Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Votes: 0

The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.] Votes: 0

The best way to detect the destructive element in someone is to watch closely their behavioural pattern when given authority over poverty. Votes: 0

I was always drawn to the self-destructive kind of way. I thought there was something beautiful about it; I don't know why. Votes: 0

There's also a part of me that's self-destructive, and another part that's a hero who's going to stand up for a principle. Votes: 0

Do not let yourself be contaminated by others' ideas of what is best for you. Cast aside the shackles of destructive thinking. Votes: 0

Capitalism can be helpful, but it can also be destructive when it's used by huge enterprises worldwide for the sale of weapons. Votes: 0

Europe is acting in a very self-destructive manner, but is doing so because it's trying to be loyal to the United States. Votes: 0

When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive. Votes: 0

People who are always thinking of the feelings of others can be very destructive because they are hiding so much from themselves. Votes: 0

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace. Votes: 0

No Blame: The most liberating and empowering day of my life was the day I freed myself from my own self-destructive nonsense. Votes: 0

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated. Votes: 0

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them Votes: 0

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them. Votes: 0

When you learn how much bycatch comes from shrimp [and how destructive it is] - I'm not going to eat shrimp anymore. Votes: 0

Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive. Votes: 0

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. Votes: 0

If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive. Votes: 0

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. Votes: 0

I am a Maoist sympathiser. I'm not a Maoist ideologue, because the communist movements in history have been just as destructive as capitalism. Votes: 0

God desires to change us from the inside out. Renewing our minds, starving our self-destructive tendencies, and teaching us to form new habits. Votes: 0

Fire is a fragile lover, court her well, neglect her not; her faith is like a misty smoke, her anger is destructive hot. Votes: 0

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. Votes: 0

.. that a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive. Votes: 0

We will glorify war-the world's only hygiene, milliterism, patriotism , the destructive gesture of freedom-bringers, beautiful ideas worth dying for, and scorn for woman Votes: 0

Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. Votes: 0

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. Votes: 0

The more we explore, understand, and even come to appreciate our own self-destructive mental attitudes, the more control we gain over our minds. Votes: 0

It is the principle of sin, rebellion against God and His truth which has brought about birth defects and other destructive natural occurrences. Votes: 0

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. Votes: 0

When you have a situation that's destructive, when there's tremendous inhumanity everywhere, you see how humanity survives in all of its different permutations. Votes: 0

The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person. Votes: 0

When you feel destructive, negative emotions like hate and anger arise within you towards the person opposing you; cultivate the opposite state of mind. Votes: 0

I was not self-destructive, though I almost destroyed myself. In the end, I turned away from stand-up with a tired swivel of my head. Votes: 0

I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity. Votes: 0

Alcohol is a pervasive fact of life, but an extraordinary fact-pleasurable and destructive, anathematized and adulated, and deeply ambiguous ... the genie in the bottle. Votes: 0

There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation, the better. Votes: 0

When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he lacked wisdom. Votes: 0

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised. Votes: 0

Black holes are pretty scary when you ponder them. They seem nihilistic, infinitely destructive on an inconceivable scale, notwithstanding the ideas of Hawking radiation. Votes: 0

Suicide thwarts the plan of the entity which sends out the personality. Fortunately, the entity is far beyond the reach of man's destructive tendencies. Votes: 0

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive. Votes: 0

Basically we should stop doing those things that are destructive to the environment, other creatures, and ourselves and figure out new ways of existing. Votes: 0

Because there is something difficult and destructive involved, there must be something creative involved as well. Relating to that creative aspect is the point. Votes: 0

The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting, and destructive. Votes: 0

Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance. Votes: 0

We, the elders, have been patiently waiting until the last moment before quantum transformation. The destructive one-fourth must be eliminated from the social body. Votes: 0

To know one's future is the single most destructive way of ending your life before you've lived it." - Altheon (Betrayal- Fey Court Trilogy) Votes: 0

Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive and draining. Votes: 0

It is so difficult to, day in and day out, hear these incredibly painful stories of the destructive nature of our broken immigration system. Votes: 0

Adam Smith was aware of the way that economic interests could have a distorting and destructive effect both on the market and on politics. Votes: 0

We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind. Votes: 0

and so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure. Votes: 0

Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe. Votes: 0

I find drug use disrespectful, self destructive and weak. I want no part of it. I believe in complete respect for myself and others. Votes: 0

One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution. Votes: 0

It's unnecessary and destructive to think of oneself at all. People ask me, 'What do you think of yourself as?' My answer is, 'Nothing. Votes: 0

Many of our threats are imaginary. The habits and even obsessions that we develop to keep them away are destructive and undermine our moods constantly. Votes: 0

Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a tyrant. Votes: 0

There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. Votes: 0

Nothing is more destructive of individual character than for a man to lose all faith in his own abilities for the prosecution of his work. Votes: 0

The primary contribution of government to this world is to elicit, entrench, enable, and finally to codify the most destructive aspects of the human personality. Votes: 0

Pure faith in the benevolece of the Divine can also degenerate into destructive forms of religion like othodoxy, fundamentalism, sectarianism, fanaticism, black magic and witchcraft. Votes: 0

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies. Votes: 0

Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal. Votes: 0

Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of taxation. Votes: 0

Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism. Votes: 0

It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one's own destructiveness in youth. Votes: 0

Without balance and wisdom, power becomes very destructive. It creates unhappiness and not happiness. To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake. Votes: 0

The thing is, it's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive. Votes: 0

Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises man above the beast. Votes: 0

Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar. Votes: 0

Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime. Votes: 0

I hate being forced to do things. I hate people telling me what to do, so I'll do the complete opposite. It's a bit self-destructive sometimes. Votes: 0

For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver. Votes: 0

It was time to bring out the world destructive weapons. It was now time to hit him where it would do the biggest damage, his pride. Votes: 0

Guilt is the most destructive of all emotions. It mourns what has been while playing no part in what may be, now or in the future. Votes: 0

People project a grey energy that is very destructive to weaken you, to drain you - just as the snake uses position to capture its victim. Votes: 0

Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride because it was the most destructive way of being different. Votes: 0

With every pill we have prescribed for us we should also be given a creative prayer, a suggested way to correct our destructive patterns of thought. Votes: 0

Your criticism sounds to me as if you have read too many critical books and are too smart in an artificial, destructive, and very limited way. Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with wanting pay for work, or seeking to maximize one's income, as long as one does not use means that are destructive. Votes: 0

There is a time you can't turn it back. When a person is very destructive, when they hate you tremendously, you have to disassociate with them. Votes: 0

Citizenship means every four years you put a mark somewhere and you go home and let other guys run the world. It's a very destructive ideology. Votes: 0

For a solitary animal egoism is a virtue that tends to preserve and improve the species: in any kind of community it becomes a destructive vice. Votes: 0

Where is the indignation about the fact that the US and USSR have thirty thousand pounds of destructive force for every human being in the world? Votes: 0

New technologies can be used for destructive purposes. The answer is to develop rapid-response systems for new dangers like a bioterrorist creating a new biological virus. Votes: 0

Those who believe that they have absolute truth and the only moral system are destructive both to themselves and to those whom they try to convert. Votes: 0

In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends. Votes: 0

Every seemingly arbitrary destructive action is a reaction of the organism to the frustration of a gratification of a vital need, especially of a sexual need. Votes: 0

The writer Richard Manning has argued that 'the most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command. Votes: 0

Racism is a destructive and artificially-manufactured element in the collective human psyche designed to fragment the natural desire of human beings to know and love one another Votes: 0

Wisdom and Love must balance mutually. Wisdom without Love it's a destructive element. Love without Wisdom can leads us to error: love is law, but conscious love. Votes: 0

Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness. Votes: 0

Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration. Votes: 0

Yes, Louise Brooks was beautiful and intelligent, and she could be very funny, but obviously there was a deep insecurity there, a real destructive rage and immaturity. Votes: 0

Try not to complicate your life by attaching yourself in a circle of people who would dare to influence you to engage in self-destructive decisions and actions. Votes: 0

I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening. Votes: 0

The psyche is a natural phenomenon. All aspects of the psyche, even those which seem pathological or destructive, actually serve the function of furthering our psychological development. Votes: 0

The idea is to identify a destructive thought pattern, then simply label it and watch it and let it pass by whenever it appears in your mind. Votes: 0

The American Way is so restlessly creative as to be essentially destructive; the American Way is to carry common sense itself almost to the point of madness. Votes: 0

The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories it contains. Votes: 0

We cry for the hand of God to bring us salvation, but then we seize the voice of God and use it to profess our destructive nature. Votes: 0

This is what I am. I have periods of enormous self-destructive depression, where I go completely off my trolley and lose all sight of reality and reason. Votes: 0

We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all the time. Votes: 0

Evil's just destructive? Then storms are evil, if it's that simple. And we have fire, and there there's hail. Underwriters lump it all under 'Acts of God. Votes: 0

Everyone has a need for significance; and if we can't make that possible, or even probable, in our society, then it will be obtained in destructive ways. Votes: 0

One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists. Votes: 0

The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive to the constitution. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of power. One is power over, which is always destructive, and the other is power from within, which is a transcendent and creative power. Votes: 0

Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges. Votes: 0

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them. Votes: 0

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force. Votes: 0

Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II. Votes: 0

Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends. Votes: 0

No one in the group was really growing up besides me, which is pretty weird 'cause there was no one in that group more self-destructive than I was. Votes: 0

In the search for reality, energy creates its own discipline. But mere discipline, without full comprehension of all this, has no meaning, it is a most destructive thing. Votes: 0

"How could you love something so destructive?" I ask. "Because this wolf doesn't care if your heart is whole or not," you say. "It tastes just the same." Votes: 0

People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity. Votes: 0

There's this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn't have to be. It actually can be a very positive force. Votes: 0

Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges. Votes: 0

We are never more creative than when we are at odds with the world and there is nothing so artistically destructive as comfort. Princess Leia taught me that. Votes: 0

The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point. Votes: 0

I am a model of positivity compared to the kinds of vitriol, the kinds of destructive criticisms that Labor members of parliament have been making of each other. Votes: 0

Radical changes of identity, happening suddenly and in very brief intervals of time, have proved more deadly and destructive of human values than wars fought with hardware weapons. Votes: 0

The evil in the world is all of our own making, and it proceeds entirely from our ruthless, senseless, wasteful, destructive, and suicidal neglect of our own being. Votes: 0

Learning to spot narcissists and deal with their destructive behavior can save you the world of hurt that awaits anyone who mistakes the near enemy for a friend. Votes: 0

The moral consequences of totalitarian propaganda...are destructive of all morals because they undermind one of the foundations of all morals: the sense of and respect for truth. Votes: 0

Limit your inputs to only those that support a certain kind of self-destructive behavior, and you can be cheered with enthusiasm as you drive yourself off a cliff. Votes: 0

The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive. Votes: 0

Moreover, war has become a thing potentially so terrible and destructive that it should have been the common aim of statesmen to put an end to it forever. Votes: 0

Even if you want to conjure up some things, they are not reason enough to rip America apart, particularly under the guise of fairness or whatever. It's destructive. Votes: 0

Even if you want to conjure up some things, they are not reason enough to rip America apart, particularly under the guise of fairness or whatever. It's destructive. Votes: 0

How could you love something so destructive? I ask.Because this wolf doesn't care if your heart is whole or not, you say. It tastes just the same. Votes: 0

When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again. Votes: 0

Those whose purpose does not match yours are not wrong; they have their mission, and finding their own purposeful way may involve many detours and acts that seem destructive. Votes: 0

Donald Trump and the Bomb are nearly the same age. Which of them will prove to be more destructive remains to be seen, but in combination they are terrifying. Votes: 0

To me war is something to be outgrown, recognized as immature, wasteful, and so destructive to life that human beings should shun it ... as they once shunned bubonic plague. Votes: 0

It may be that ... when the advance of destructive weapons enables everyone to kill everybody else nobody will want to kill anyone at all. [Referring to the hydrogen bomb.] Votes: 0

The bulk of the totalitarian-minded in the democratic societies are men and women who are attracted to this destructive way of life for inner emotional reasons unknown to themselves. Votes: 0

A nation which fails to adequately remember salient points ofits own history, is like a person with Alzheimer's. And that can be asocial disease of a most destructive nature. Votes: 0

I don't want to point out her flaws, but if I see her going on a self-destructive path, isn't it up to me as her friend to stop her? Votes: 0

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting. Votes: 0

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess. Votes: 0

As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive. Votes: 0

I don't think there's any harm at all in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is a very destructive thing indeed. Votes: 0

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as 'moral indignation,' which permits envy or hate to be acted out under the guise of virtue. Votes: 0

The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man. Votes: 0

We are very fortunate to live in this country, but at the same time, the reason the forces are so much more destructive here is because they are faceless. Votes: 0

That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so transcend your ego and stay in peace. Votes: 0

The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness. Votes: 0

Every combat is the bloody and destructive measuring of the strength of forces, physical and moral; whoever at the close has the greatest amount of both left is the conqueror. Votes: 0

At some time in their careers, most good historians itch to write a history of the world, endeavor to discover what makes humanity the most destructive and creative of species. Votes: 0

I dont see lines of force as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as senility when it comes to envy, greed laziness, wrath and pride. It's her destructive character from childhood." ~ Angelica Hopes, If I Could Tell You Votes: 0

As human beings we have the same experience of destructive and constructive emotions. We also have a human mind capable of developing wisdom. We all have the same Buddha nature. Votes: 0

A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive pursuits, it becomes an entangling net. Votes: 0

Sin doesn't always look sinful to us; sometimes it looks beautiful. That's why we need grace to see sin for what it really is - dark, dangerous, enslaving and destructive. Votes: 0

The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on, and the current will run with destructive fury when there are no barriers to break its force. Votes: 0

I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake. Votes: 0

It's important for me to fight for principles. But I am not willing to cope with the nastiness of politics anymore and the endless destructive confrontations that it leads to. Votes: 0

A challenge so far-reaching in its impact and irreversible in its destructive power, that it alters radically human existence... There is no doubt that the time to act is now. Votes: 0

I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. Votes: 0

There should be no distasteful tasks in one's life. If you just hate to do a thing, that hatred for it develops body-destructive toxins, and you become fatigued very soon. Votes: 0

I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in that subject - which is a wonderful relief. Votes: 0

I'm always studying something or trying to learn something, keep myself creatively occupied, because I think that energy can get kind of destructive if it doesn't have somewhere to go. Votes: 0

Some come to a teacher for power. They still have all the desires, angers and jealousies of an unevolved person. Consequently, they become destructive both to themselves and to others. Votes: 0

What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything in a search for something else. Votes: 0

Whenever you get such repulsive and destructive thoughts, always remember that there are more people in this world who love you unconditionally than the years of life you have lived. Votes: 0

The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness. Votes: 0

The attention that's being projected by men who simply watch you walking down the street, in the office, or in bed, in most cases, is going to be extremely destructive. Votes: 0

We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. Votes: 0

A man with a weak Masculine is especially prone to despise and fear these qualities and may attempt to suppress the more destructive elements of the Feminine force in his partner. Votes: 0

Is [Obama] the worst president ever? He's certainly the most destructive president we've had in terms of tearing apart this country and all of the freedoms that we have fought for. Votes: 0

As God took me through the journey that became the Bible study 'Breaking Free', He taught me to look for a common denominator among the things that triggered my destructive habits. Votes: 0

We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent - people who are glad when we have killed the time we are trying so hard to save. Votes: 0

While all too many people live in dire poverty, others are caught up in materialism and lifestyles which are destructive of family life and the most basic demands of Christian morality. Votes: 0

A spirit of criticism, if indulged in, leads to a censoriousness of disposition that is destructive of all nobler feeling. The man who lives to find faults has a miserable mission. Votes: 0

I think the notion of success is fairly destructive. You can see elements of this surrounding any band becoming too popular. On the other hand, survival means you are doing fine. Votes: 0

It's so important to embrace what you have because if you don't, that can be the root of very self-destructive habits, which I think people waste a lot of energy on. Votes: 0

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways--either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Votes: 0

As God took me through the journey that became the Bible study Breaking Free, He taught me to look for a common denominator among the things that triggered my destructive habits. Votes: 0

Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems. Votes: 0

But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too guilty about winning. Votes: 0

I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I felt I'd been doing the shows wrong. That sucked. Votes: 0

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you. Votes: 0

Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but 'compassion' is when you want to take somebody else's. Votes: 0

The concept of physical beauty as a virtue is one of the dumbest, most pernicious and destructive ideas of the Western world, and we should have nothing to do with it. Votes: 0

I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts. Votes: 0

I've always known a lot of very bad people, destructive, brutes of a certain kind. Then I've seen these lovely impulses and what not, and they've stayed with me and comforted me. Votes: 0

Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions. Votes: 0

Gambling is not as destructive as war or as boring as pornography. It is not as immoral as business or as suicidal as watching television. And the percentages are better than religion. Votes: 0

Nazi Germany was so destructive to Judaism not only for the loss of life, but because many who survived began to see the practice of Judaism as somewhat of a health hazard. Votes: 0

This mass destructive weapons were sold to Iraqi government by the United States. And Mr. Rumsfeld has been one of the man responsible for this sale, for this bargain, for this market. Votes: 0

Just as the unwanted pregnancy, there are unwanted people in your life you should strive to abort, and such abortion is not sin, nor harm, but the eradication of a destructive foetus. Votes: 0

The truth of God may well be likened to a narrow path skirted on either side by a dangerous and destructive precipice: in other words, it lies between two gulfs of error. Votes: 0

You'll say I'm self-destructive I constructed all this tragedy. Go tell them all it's all my fault You'll tell them I was crazy . And anyway it's over now Nothing left to say. Votes: 0

Inherited hatred (i.e. hatred your parents schooled you in) is not only stupid, it is destructive - why make your only driving force hate? Seems really f***ing dumb to me. Votes: 0

We live in a time when we have a communal duty to receive and broadcast love. We must set aside our repeating arguments and get a handle on our destructive depressions.pg vi Votes: 0

People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band. Votes: 0

We all feel that the opposite of our own highest principle must be purely destructive, deadly, and evil. We refuse to endow it with any positive life-force; hence we avoid and fear it. Votes: 0

How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?... Not only is he poisoning our air and water - he's poisoning our political system as well. Votes: 0

Until we become the architects of a society that is truly free and ecological, it will always seem that when the human brain is not adaptive, it is more often destructive than creative. Votes: 0

A lot of my characters in all of my books have a self-destructive urge. They'll do precisely the thing that they know is wrong, take a perverse delight in doing the wrong thing. Votes: 0

I have lately returned from Harpers Ferry, to which place I was suddenly called, on the 17th instant, by causes the most disturbing and destructive to the peace and safety of this State. Votes: 0

And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him. I never believed the people who said God was destructive or punishing. Votes: 0

The role of Iran has been very destructive. As an Iranian, I apologize to the civilian people of Syria who have been killed as a result of the useless intervention of Iran in Syria. Votes: 0

The most self-destructive thought that any person can have is thinking that he or she is not in total control of his or her life. That's when, "˜Why me?' becomes a theme song. Votes: 0

I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it. Votes: 0

It is worth it to me to know I have succeeded based on my abilities and not on my looks or any 'connections.' I've tried not to embody destructive female images in my work. Votes: 0

You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform itself and we are in a way, we will go. Votes: 0

If a steaming hot potato fell in your hands you would get it off you as soon as you could. Do the same with negative destructive thoughts- just release them as fast as you can. Votes: 0