Denial Quotes

636 Denial quotes by 510 unique authors

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
People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another kind of madness,… — James A. Baldwin
Give me romance. Flash. Give me denial. — Chuck Palahniuk
There came to him an image of man’s whole life upon the earth. It seemed to him that all man’s life was like a tiny… — Thomas Wolfe
Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial, and it's one… — Neal Shusterman
We figure out what death means when we're born, practically, and we live our whole lives in some kind of weird denial about it. — Lauren DeStefano
Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land. — Jim Butcher
Evil is nothing but a word, an objectification where no objectification is necessary. Cast aside this notion of some external agency as the source of… — Steven Erikson
I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd… — Stephenie Meyer
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear… — Eckhart Tolle
Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved. — Tim Minchin
The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called… — Dan Brown
Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we… — Dan Brown
Denial is not just a river in Egypt. — James Patterson
Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more… — Liane Moriarty
Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced… — Grenville Kleiser
Without free speech no search for truth is possible; without free speech progress is checked and the nations no longer march forward toward the nobler… — Charles Bradlaugh
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness-simple tastes, a certain degree of courage,… — George Sand
The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens… — Thornton T. Munger
There is no logical basis for the prohibition of marijuana. $7.7 billion is a lot of money, but that is one of the lesser evils.… — Milton Friedman
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all… — Joshua Chamberlain
Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations-these are the silent threads of… — Frederic Farrar
...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights.… — Kofi Annan
Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life.… — Goswami Kriyananda
Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into… — John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

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