Denial Quotes

636 Denial quotes by 510 unique authors

The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result of such a… — John Ralston Saul
The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most… — Ban Ki-moon
Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime that ever issued from the brain of… — Walter Scott
I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar - perhaps I headed a… — George S. Patton
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs… — Charles Simmons
When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a while or ultimately… — Michael J. Fox
It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity. — Seneca the Younger
Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality. — George Bernard Shaw
The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial. — Victor Hugo
Man is not equally moral at all hours, this is well known. If his morality is judged to be the capability for great self-sacrificing resolutions… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage. — Oscar Wilde
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… — James E. Faust
I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair and hopeful future with government that values us equally. — Lady Gaga
Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity,… — Jack Kornfield
After years of denial and deception, the Philip Morris company has admitted that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and other diseases. This formal acknowledgment comes… — William J. Clinton
Hope is what keeps you going, but hope keeps you focused on the future, and this continued focus perpetuates your denial of the Now and… — Eckhart Tolle
Even bigger machines, entailing even bigger concentrations of economic power and exerting ever greater violence against the environment, do not represent progress: they are a… — E F Schumacher
Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly… — Vince Lombardi
The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. — Oscar Wilde

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