Irrevocable Quotes

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When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The greatest security we can have in this world that we are in the grace of God, does not consist in the feelings that we… — Francis of Assisi
In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military. — Douglas MacArthur
... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. — Hubert H. Humphrey
The laws of certain states . . . give an ownership in the service of Negroes as personal property . . . . But being… — Alexander Hamilton
There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond. — James Earl Jones
The circumstances of the world are so variable that an irrevocable purpose or opinion is almost synonymous with a foolish one. — William H. Seward
They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be cleansed; it would… — Primo Levi
(The difficulty over the question of eternal torments lies in) how it is irreconcilable with the Goodness of God, to put any Persons at all… — Samuel Clarke
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later,… — William Faulkner
Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them. The past, the present and the… — Oscar Wilde
In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small! — James Blish
This very second has vanished forever, lost in the anonymous mass of the irrevocable. It will never return. I suffer from this and I do… — Emile M. Cioran
I know that it's easier to look at death than it is to look at pain, because while death is irrevocable, and the grief will… — Robert Goolrick
Posting a letter and getting married [sic] are among the few things left that are entirely romantic; for to be entirely romantic, a thing must… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It's always so early in here, before the crossroads, before the irrevocable choices. Thank you for this life! Still I miss the alternatives. The sketches,… — Tomas Transtromer
It was my life â€” like all lives, mysterious and irrevocable and sacred. So very close, so very present, so very belonging to me. How… — Cheryl Strayed
When women hear those words, an old, old memory is stirred and brought back to life. The memory is of our absolute, undeniable, and irrevocable… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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