Justify Quotes

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Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy. — Isidore of Seville
The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . . . no insincerity… — John Quincy Adams
In a world wounded by conflicts, where violence is justified in God's name, it's important to repeat that religion can never become a vehicle of… — Pope Benedict XVI
[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help in baptism and… — Martin Luther
Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent?… — A. E. Housman
Think of it : zillions and zillions of organisms running around, each under the hypnotic spell of a single truth, all these truths identical, and… — Robert Wright
Time often serves to justify a deed which seems at first unjustifiable. — Donald P. Ryan
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted right, he has… — Henry Fielding
Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete… — Peggy Fleming
Lions cannot afford to hunt mice because they literally will starve to death, even if they catch them. Lions and all large carnivores have to… — Newt Gingrich
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth be… — David Hume
The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. This means ... that he should be able to justify every… — Benjamin Graham
To be just, that is to say, to justify its existence, criticism should be partial, passionate and political, that is to say, written from an… — Charles Baudelaire
Feelings of bitterness and dissatisfaction feed upon themselves and give place to thoughts and acts of unkindness, criticism, and eventually even hatred. Criticism is often… — Richard G. Scott
It frequently happens that offenses are committed when the offender is not aware of it. Something he has said or done is misconstrued or misunderstood.… — Spencer W. Kimball
The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of our… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
While society cannot provide employment for its members, the production/work/income nexus has to be abandoned as a justification for our present parsimony to the unemployed.… — Bob Hawke
If God gives you gifts you must use them to justify your life. It is what the Greeks called divine discontent that drives you. — Mary Fairfax
We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that. — Thomas Jefferson
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and the rest -… — Peter Singer

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