Other Cheek Quotes
41 quotes by 37 authors
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Change for me was really hard because I had built myself up to be a certain kind of man my whole life, as men are…
— Mickey Rourke
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People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I'm gonna hit you in the other cheek too.
— Charles Barkley
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I began imagining scenes in public which some drunk would come up to me and slap me in the face. Nothing like that ever happened,…
— Max von Sydow
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To turn the other cheek is to teach would-be cheats that cheating pays.
— Peter Singer
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If anyone hits me, they can expect to be hit back, and harder. I never turn the other cheek because in my experience that doesn't…
— Alice Bag
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You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and…
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the right of secession.…
— Ammon Hennacy
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If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek.
— John C. Maxwell
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Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.
— Gerald Stanley Lee
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I believe in treating others as I want to be treated--but I certainly don't believe in turning the other cheek and the truth is that…
— James Hervey
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You know, Sage, Jesus didn't tell us to forgive everyone. He said turn the other cheek, but only if you the one who was hit.…
— Jodi Picoult
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Forgiveness is not the misguided act of condoning irresponsible, hurtful behavior. Nor is it a superficial turning of the other cheek that leaves us feeling…
— Joan Z. Borysenko
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It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.
— Kenny Rogers
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They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes.
— Ray Stevens
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Not only our eternal salvation depends upon our willingness and capacity to forgive wrongs committed against us. Our joy and satisfaction in this life, and…
— Marion D. Hanks
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Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long…
— Gary North
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Turning the other cheek is not always the answer. In a certain situation on a certain day for a certain person, it's correct. Sometimes a…
— Frederick Lenz
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As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a…
— Dorothy Day
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I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.
— Flannery O'Connor
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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.
— Al-Waleed bin Talal
Who Wrote These Other Cheek Quotes
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