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title: "Best Denial Proverbs"
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> [Life is full of attachments, so being single is a state of inadvertent denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashida-khilawala/life-is-full-of-attachments-so-being-single-is-a-state-of-inadvertent/)

[Rashida Khilawala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashida-khilawala/)

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> [“Positive thinking founded on denial may not be so great.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/positive-thinking-founded-on-denial-may-not-be-so-great/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [People tend to believe accusations more than denials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mcmullen/people-tend-to-believe-accusations-more-than-denials/)

[Mary McMullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mcmullen/)

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> [Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-louis-cole/sin-is-basically-a-denial-of-god-s-right-of-possession/)

[Edwin Louis Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-louis-cole/)

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> [I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-baxter/i-take-the-love-of-god-and-self-denial-to-be-the-sum-of-all-saving/)

[Richard Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-baxter/)

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> [Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-anthony-froude/where-nature-is-sovereign-there-is-no-need-of-austerity-and-self/)

[James Anthony Froude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-anthony-froude/)

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> [“Time is denial's mortal enemy and is always victorious against it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-dietzel/time-is-denial-s-mortal-enemy-and-is-always-victorious-against-it/)

[Chris Dietzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-dietzel/)

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> [All good art cannot help but confront denial on its way to truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-townshend/all-good-art-cannot-help-but-confront-denial-on-its-way-to-truth/)

[Pete Townshend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-townshend/)

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> [“High heels are a short (theist) woman's (subconscious) way of telling God to go to hell … in public.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/high-heels-are-a-short-theist-woman-s-subconscious-way-of-telling-god/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/all-negativity-is-caused-by-an-accumulation-of-psychological-time-and-2/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/let-india-become-alive-by-self-purification-that-is-self-restraint/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [Leaned on by Turkey and understandably wary of false equivalences - for not every death is a massacre, and not every war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-jacobson/leaned-on-by-turkey-and-understandably-wary-of-false-equivalences-for/)

[Howard Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-jacobson/)

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> [“Sometimes we have to pretend that we don’t care in order to protect ourselves from the fact that we do. And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/sometimes-we-have-to-pretend-that-we-don-t-care-in-order-to-protect/)

[Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/)

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> [“Denial is stupid. We're fighting the living dead. Would you prefer we call them 'undead citizens'?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-maberry/denial-is-stupid-we-re-fighting-the-living-dead-would-you-prefer-we/)

[Jonathan Maberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-maberry/)

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> [When facing the apparent denial of my request, God gave me the opportunity to honor him by trusting His Word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/when-facing-the-apparent-denial-of-my-request-god-gave-me-the/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graydon-carter/it-could-fairly-be-said-that-america-during-the-bush-years-has/)

[Graydon Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graydon-carter/)

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> [“Professed scientific philosophers have been wont to employ the remoter and refinished products of science in ways which deny, discount or pervert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/professed-scientific-philosophers-have-been-wont-to-employ-the/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [I think - I think you have a conscience growing up in a loving family with a nurturing community. And I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcgreevey/i-think-i-think-you-have-a-conscience-growing-up-in-a-loving-family/)

[James McGreevey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcgreevey/)

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> [It disturbs me mostly...is the willful, deliberate denial (by the FDA, of) our own citizens, a fair chance to use Laetrile, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-l-bohanon/it-disturbs-me-mostly-is-the-willful-deliberate-denial-by-the-fda-of/)

[Luther L. Bohanon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-l-bohanon/)

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> [We are all born with denial which attempts to protect our minds about painful events in our lives or painful truths about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-are-all-born-with-denial-which-attempts-to-protect-our-minds-about/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/ours-is-a-society-of-denial-that-conditions-us-to-protect-ourselves/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [Superstitions typically involve seeing order where in fact there is none, and denial amounts to rejecting evidence of regularities, sometimes even ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-gell-mann/superstitions-typically-involve-seeing-order-where-in-fact-there-is/)

[Murray Gell-Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-gell-mann/)

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> [“Megan's silent for a long moment before she murmurs, "I changed my mind." "About what?" "Denial," she says. "I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-henry/megan-s-silent-for-a-long-moment-before-she-murmurs-i-changed-my-mind/)

[Emily Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-henry/)

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> [A pure mind in a chaste body is the mother of wisdom and deliberation; sober counsels and ingenuous actions; open deportment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-taylor/a-pure-mind-in-a-chaste-body-is-the-mother-of-wisdom-and-deliberation/)

[Jeremy Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-taylor/)

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> [Tao is obscured when men understand only one pair of opposites, or concentrate only on a partial aspect of being. Then clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhuangzi/tao-is-obscured-when-men-understand-only-one-pair-of-opposites-or/)

[Zhuangzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhuangzi/)

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> [Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-carmichael/sometimes-when-we-read-the-words-of-those-who-have-been-more-than/)

[Amy Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-carmichael/)

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> [ Satan had two conditions \[to his plan\]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-faust/satan-had-two-conditions-to-his-plan-the-first-was-the-denial-of/)

[James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-faust/)

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> [I don't believe that climate-change fiction will change the mind of a denier because most of the deniers I've met are basically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/i-don-t-believe-that-climate-change-fiction-will-change-the-mind-of-a/)

[Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/)

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> [Advocating the mere tolerance of difference between women is the grossest reformism. it is a total denial of the creative function of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/advocating-the-mere-tolerance-of-difference-between-women-is-the/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/gratitude-unlocks-the-fullness-of-life-it-turns-what-we-have-into-5/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

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> [“It is a strange thing that the human species can only go three days without water and three weeks without food, before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/it-is-a-strange-thing-that-the-human-species-can-only-go-three-days/)

[Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/)

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> [What we're seeing is an era where governments and huge organizations such as the IOC don't have accountability. They don't have accountability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-fogel/what-we-re-seeing-is-an-era-where-governments-and-huge-organizations/)

[Bryan Fogel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-fogel/)

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> [I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-lawless/i-think-the-people-running-climate-change-denial-campaigns-are/)

[Lucy Lawless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-lawless/)

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> [Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-bernal/work-not-of-enthusiasm-but-of-love-conscious-of-duty-which-means-self/)

[Salvador Bernal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-bernal/)

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> [It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-watterson/it-s-not-denial-i-m-just-selective-about-the-reality-i-accept/)

[Bill Watterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-watterson/)

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> [When you ask for advice it means that you already know the answer but wish you didn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-you-ask-for-advice-it-means-that-you-already-know-the-answer-but/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“There is nothing so consistent with reason as this denial of reason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/there-is-nothing-so-consistent-with-reason-as-this-denial-of-reason/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [nothing good ever comes out of denying the truth about our situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ban-breathnach/nothing-good-ever-comes-out-of-denying-the-truth-about-our-situation/)

[Sarah Ban Breathnach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ban-breathnach/)

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> [I am camp. Lots of gay men can't cope with their campness. They are in denial about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-norton/i-am-camp-lots-of-gay-men-can-t-cope-with-their-campness-they-are-in/)

[Graham Norton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-norton/)

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> [Information is the currency of democracy. It's denial must always be suspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-nader/information-is-the-currency-of-democracy-it-s-denial-must-always-be/)

[Ralph Nader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-nader/)

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                        "text": "Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.",
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                        "text": "Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other words, something had to be in it for him. And thus he became the father of lies and selfishness. Taking up one's cross and following the Savior means overcoming selfishness; it is a commitment to serve others. Selfishness is one of the baser human traits, which must be subdued and overcome. We torture our souls when we focus on getting rather than giving.",
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                        "text": "I don't believe that climate-change fiction will change the mind of a denier because most of the deniers I've met are basically in a cult situation. It's a faith issue. It's not a rational issue. There's no fact that's going to change their mind. They simply believe in the cult of climate-change denial and it somehow feeds into the rest of the mythos of their own life story.",
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                        "text": "Advocating the mere tolerance of difference between women is the grossest reformism. it is a total denial of the creative function of difference in our lives. Difference must be not merely toleration, but seen as a fund of necessary polarities between which our creativity can spark like a dialectic. Only then does the necessity for interdependency become unthreatening. Only within the interdependency of different strengths, acknowledged and equal, can the power to seek new ways of being in the world generate, as well as the courage and sustenance to act where there are no charters",
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                        "text": "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Gratitude makes things right.",
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                        "text": "“It is a strange thing that the human species can only go three days without water and three weeks without food, before the body dies. Yet, so many people can go years hanging onto pain and feeling emotionally dead inside. I suppose if it was the other way around more people would go to school to be morticians because of the booming business, or pastors would have to hand out Valium with the sacrament, just to keep the census high.”",
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                        "text": "What we're seeing is an era where governments and huge organizations such as the IOC don't have accountability. They don't have accountability to the athletes they are supposed to be protecting and they don't have accountability to the truth. What we've seen out of Russia is a continual denial, no matter what has been presented. They are still blaming Grigory Rodchenkov as an individual who did this all on his own.",
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                        "text": "I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.",
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