Justify Quotes

675 quotes by 548 authors

To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching. — Martin Luther
It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone. — John Calvin
It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease… — David G. McAfee
The individual is defined only by his relationship to the world and to other individuals; he exists only by transcending himself, and his freedom can… — Simone de Beauvoir
There are cases where the slave does not know his servitude and where it is necessary to bring the seed of his liberation to him… — Simone de Beauvoir
Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts… — Albert Camus
The catch-all phrase "the war on terrorism", in all honesty, has no more meaning than if one wants to wage a war against "criminal gangsterism".… — Ron Paul
You don't have to justify a beautiful stroke of good luck. Accept it. Smile and say thank you. — Garrison Keillor
The Israelis have suffered a great deal, we must condemn suicide bombers, and we must never say that the plight of the Palestinians justifies this… — George Carey
We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds in the name of destiny and in the name of God. — Don Henley
Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior. — Fulton J. Sheen
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional… — William O. Douglas
To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect of the maxims… — Alexander Hamilton
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success in one role can't justify failure in another. — Stephen Covey
If you wait until circumstances justify your thinking pleasant thoughts, you are likely to wait forever. — Maxwell Maltz
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption… — Samuel Johnson
The end doesn't justify the means. — Unknown Author
Why do we need to justify God's existence? He exists. We need to justify our own existence. — Hamza Yusuf

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