Denial Quotes

636 Denial quotes by 510 unique authors

The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand… — Emma Goldman
The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a… — Marcel Proust
The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because… — Richard Bach
We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadnesses of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds. In whatever way… — Kay Redfield Jamison
When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself. — Deepak Chopra
Can I ask you a personal question"? Of all the rhetorical questions in the world, that is the one which irritates me most with its… — Kamila Shamsie
If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework of an insane… — Dennis Lehane
Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also have… — Emily Giffin
Because a doubt is not a denial. Doubt is a powerful tool, and it should be applied to history. — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
He had the same empty confusion in his eyes that I saw in my mirror every morning, that odd sort of denial that only seems… — Mira Grant
Marriage is memory, marriage is time. Marriage is not only time: it is also, parodoxically, the denial of time. — Joan Didion
It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by… — Agatha Christie
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of… — Pope John Paul II
To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is… — Terry Goodkind
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial. — Pope John Paul II
The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma. — Judith Lewis Herman
If any man would come after me, let him deny himself." The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said of Christ when… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant ‘identity’ (‘this is your duty as an American’, ‘you must commit these acts as… — Amartya Sen
Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God. — Jonathan Kellerman
The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the… — John Bradshaw
Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives… — Timothy Keller
Closing down in the midst of pain is a denial of a man's true nature. A superior man is free in feeling and action, even… — David Deida
Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent,… — Og Mandino
I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use having illusions about her. Sheila was… — Agatha Christie

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