Accepted Quotes
1348 quotes by 1122 authors
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God’s love sets us free from the need to seek approval. Knowing that we are loved by God, accepted by God, approved by God, and…
— Myles Munroe
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What do you think it is that drives people to want far more than they could ever use or need? I frankly think it's insecurity.…
— Fred Rogers
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But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.
— Dorothy Dunnett
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In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked…
— Robert Higgs
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Teamwork was more accepted 40 years ago.
— Ken Olsen
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My work's never been accepted by my family, but it's something I'll always carry on with.
— Johnny Vegas
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If the adjustment made by a court can be accepted or not, it will be refused whenever the men can gain more by continuing the…
— John Bates Clark
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There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the best order; only a conviction, accepted by our knowledge…
— John Drinkwater
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You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in…
— Sonny Rollins
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The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way I look at it. It…
— Story Musgrave
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Unless people feel that they are accepted and that they have a right to express their feelings without fear of embarrassment or ridicule, all they…
— Stephen Covey
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It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore
— Alex Carey
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There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and that…
— Swami Vivekananda
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New Zealand's nuclear free movement is a broad-based and popular movement. Our nuclear free status is a challenge to much that is accepted as orthodox…
— David Lange
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In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be treated badly. Nonetheless,…
— Clarence Thomas
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Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.
— Mason Cooley
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Every creative act involves a new innocence or perception, liberated from the cataract of accepted belief.
— Arthur Koestler
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The health benefits, both mental and physical, of humor are well documented. A good laugh can diffuse tension, relieve stress, and release endorphins into your…
— Cherie Carter-Scott
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In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory…
— Fischer Black
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The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in…
— Jean Dreze
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