Rectify Quotes

53 quotes by 47 authors

Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits. — Thomas Browne
It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of… — Dalai Lama
Anybody who has ever tried to rectify an injustice or set a record straight comes to feel that he is going mad. — Mary McCarthy
Knowledge is praised and desired by multitudes whom her charms could never rouse from the couch of sloth; whom the faintest invitation of pleasure draws… — Samuel Johnson
I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been able to rectify… — Jessica Ennis
It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes. — George Washington
A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in short, more consonant… — William Wordsworth
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man. — John Milton
Fanaticism is a fire, which heats the mind indeed, but heats without purifying. It stimulates and ferments all the passions; but it rectifies none of… — William Warburton
Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats. — Josephus Daniels
I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves. — Shirley MacLaine
The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs. — Joaquin Phoenix
Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work… — Julian Baggini
Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and predator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating… — Frank Herbert
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
he was coming to understand he could not come to rectify anything in his life, only forget. — Mikhail Bulgakov
When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be… — Dalai Lama
Gore is nature's way of saying, "There are too many human beings on the planet, and I'm trying to rectify this any way I can.… — Douglas Coupland
...He palmed up the life Alert. Death Alert was more like it: Help, I haven't fallen and I'm standing up-can you come and rectify this… — J R Ward
The quickest way to rectify that mistake (choosing the wrong person) is by learning from that, moving on, and choosing much more wisely in the… — Greg Behrendt

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