Yield Quotes

“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“Why is it when you yield, I feel like the one who has been conquered?"

-Royce Westmoreland”
― Judith McNaught, A Kingdom of Dreams

“Growing a business is a lot like growing a fruit tree. Ideally, a fruit tree will yield a lot of fruit from a little bit of soil rain and sun. And ideally, your business will yield a lot of profit from a little bit of capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth, Business Essentials

“To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.”
― Jane Austen

“19. Those who are the happiest are not necessarily those for whom life has been easiest. Emotional stability results from an attitude. It is refusing to yield to depression and fear, even when black clouds float overhead. It is improving that which can be improved and accepting that which is inevitable.”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future

“The dreams you have that may meet mockeries from the lips of negative people will yield the success that will squeeze tears from their eyes later! Dare to resist every negative criticism and persist to make it happen!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“If you wait for the mango fruits to fall, you'd be wasting your time while others are learning how to climb the tree”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“True wisdom is marked by willingness to listen and a sense of knowing when to yield.”
― Elizabeth George, Moments of Grace for a Woman's Heart

“Basically, we view a portfolio in the same way that a gardener views a garden. Every business or asset in our portfolio is like a plant in a gardeners garden and is subject to similar expectations; growth, purpose, and productivity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing

“At Mayflower-Plymouth, we believe that nature has a multitude of lessons to learn about capital. We also believe that to invest wisely for the long term, one must truly and deeply understand business.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing

“To move forward, one need only take the first step,”
― Chase Neill

“Pressure can take many forms: a bribe, a threat, a manipulative appeal to trust, or a simple refusal to budge. In all these cases, the principled response is the same: invite them to state their reasoning, suggest objective criteria you think apply, and refuse to budge except on this basis. Never yield to pressure, only to principle.”
― Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

“Capital must be consistently accumulated and compounded - that's the expectation.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing

“We must yield to the power of words. Even God has chosen words to communicate with his creatures like us”
― Munia Khan

“Never doubt a policy of honesty will eventually yield results.”
― Steven Magee

“Capital loves yield, and it flows in the direction of higher profits.”
― Naved Abdali

“Over the years modern farming has reduced soil to....‘dirt’ – a sterile medium in which plants struggle to grow without artificial fertilizers. It is a self-perpetuating cycle of destruction and chemical dependence.”
― Isabella Tree, Wilding

“Reason and be open to reason; yield to principle, not pressure.”
― Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

“Patience yields focus.”
― Takashi Shirogane

“What takes time will always yield results of greater value.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Cocktail

“Great leaders make an impact with limited resources and inefficient leaders cannot yield good returns even with abundant resources.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“We are the coward that we yield to our greediness rather than throw out such evil from the mind.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“DON’T GIVE UPON HOPE AND DON’T YIELD UNTO MEANER”
― J. Nedumaan

“Never yield to pressure, only to principle.”
― Roger Fisher, Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

“You’ll mold the minds of men and women to your will, and make any group yield to the dominion of your voice. Even more important, you’ll get them to want to yield, to commit to your plan, and to consider the result a consensus.”
― Jay Heinrichs, Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

“Yielding is a principle that is often discussed in the martial arts: the idea is that there can be tremendous power in going with—and perhaps redirecting—rather than resisting the energy or attack that is coming your way. Likewise, in negotiations, yielding means “going with,” and not “giving in.” Doing so effectively requires a clear and unbiased understanding of how the other side views the situation, and of the metrics they will use to evaluate ideas and options. Sometimes the best response to a deep-rooted perspective is to yield to it: understand it, adopt it, and repurpose it to advance your position.”
― Deepak Malhotra, Negotiating the impossible: how to break deadlocks and resolve ugly conflicts

“Whether you attack or yield, you are reacting. You are off track, no longer focused on the prize—the protection of your core interests and needs. Yielding rewards the other’s abusive behavior, and counterattacking reinforces it. In either case, you interrupt the other’s process of accepting our No. The choice is yours. The moment you react to the other’s reaction, you are initiating an action-reaction cycle that can go on forever. The alternative is not to react but rather to stay true to your underlying Yes. Keep your focus on what matters to you.”
― William Ury, The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes

“The politicians sow fear among people. It gives the best yields.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“When we yield to the love of the Lord, we live our best life.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“my wish for the new year:

may we continue to drop our masks
& unlearn our selves, to seek
softness & grace, never to yield
unless to beauty, to truth, to light
like a flower. may we learn peace from
trees & play from wild animals. may
we belong to ourselves, & ourselves
alone, & build communities where
every woman is free, where we help
one another & share with each other
out of duty of compassion, out of love.
may we end genocides everywhere
& needless famine. may we remember
we are guests in this world & our
purpose is to walk each other home.”
― Kamand Kojouri