Justifying Quotes

Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.

— William Gurnall

Virtue debases itself in justifying itself.

— Voltaire

I've got no interest in justifying myself to a player of mine.

— Luis Enrique

“I’m tired of justifying why I love someone. I’m done with the explaining.”

— Jennifer Elisabeth

I have a great deal of experience in justifying myself to myself.

— Joseph Mitchell

Even alone we go on justifying ourselves.

— Mason Cooley

I'm tired of justifying what I've said.

— Jose Canseco

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our…

— C. S. Lewis

Turning a human being into a thing is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person.

— Jean Kilbourne

“Justifying a demonic act does not make the actor less demonic; justifying only makes the negator more complicit.”

— Glenn Hefley

There is no need of justifying yourself to others, until you can justify yourself to your own conscience.

— Senora Roy

It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.

— Joseph O'Connor

“Our loathing of dirt may be so great as to prevent our cleaning ourselves—"justifying" ourselves.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

— Daniel Goleman

“The truth no matter how hard it is to bear, must be accepted and confronted head on because it is real. Businesses…

— Germany Kent

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you…

— Derek Jacobi

“Anybody can justify anything. It's what separates us from animals. It's a waste of time, though, isn't it-sitting around justifying when there's…

— John Brandon

“The kind of pain that you can't share with people is worse than one that is apparent. Worst of all is the…

— Ravinder Singh

He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the…

— Jack London

There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

“Two people pass each other. As one looks upon the other's skin color, the other is looking back at their appearance. Both…

— Anthony Liccione

Justifying faith implies, not only a divine evidence or conviction that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, but a…

— John Wesley

“But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere." "'They?' Who are 'they?'" "I don't…

— John Connolly

“The Eye of Karma by Stewart Stafford Do we still rationalise things we do? Karma's cold, clear eye sees through, Soiled laundry…

— Stewart Stafford

“You use words written by men to justify your actions? TO question whether or not you are damned? We damn ourselves. There…

— A.C. Heller

“We are to give up all our sins, big or small, for the Father’s reward of eternal life. We are to forget…

— Robert C. Gay

“My species has a great many good reasons for making war, though none of them is as good as the reason for…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

— St. Jerome

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

— Peter Mandelson

When we're not defending and justifying, and we're being very still, our answers can and do shock us.

— Byron Katie

Don't hold onto negative feelings by justifying why you are right and someone else is wrong.

— Deepak Chopra

“Their goal is to deepen our comprehension of the discussions themselves instead of justifying particular views involved in current debates.”

— Gary B. Ferngren

Always being judged...Well I'm sick of justifying myself, if you don't like me, stay away.

— Anonymous

People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed.

— Lee Greenwood

I'm not a fan of justifying bad behavior or justifying why people are the way they are. I think that's a cop…

— Charlize Theron

“Some people realize what they want, and only then do they find reasons for justifying it. Some find the first reason that…

— Saad Ireland