Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.
Leon Trotsky

People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
Bertolt Brecht

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.
Bertrand Russell

No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
William James

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.
Thomas Hardy

America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
Ralph Ellison

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
Paramahansa Yogananda

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
Bell Hooks

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
Tadao Ando

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.
Lady Bird Johnson

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
William S. Burroughs

These natives are a very good people; for when they saw that I would not remain, they supposed that I was afraid of their bows; and, taking their arrows, the broke them in pieces and threw them into the fire.
Henry Hudson

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.
Samuel Butler

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
Samuel Butler

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.
Christopher Columbus

We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.
Mignon McLaughlin

Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.
Harry Houdini

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
Edith Wharton

Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.
Anthony J. D'Angelo