Refuse Quotes

1583 quotes by 1196 authors

The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones too - the easier it will get to have confidence… — Arianna Huffington
Competition [in a scene] is healthy. Competition is life. Yet most actors refuse to acknowledge this. They don't want to compete. They want to get… — Michael Shurtleff
Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to… — Sri Aurobindo
Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is". I believe the truly enlightened beings are those who refuse to allow themselves to be distressed over… — Wayne Dyer
I refuse to be burdened by vague worries. If something wants to worry me, it will have to make itself clear. — Robert Breault
I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate. — Nancy Astor
Always remember that Nature refuses to be rushed. She can only be made to evolve and that takes time, so take heart. — Dharma Mittra
The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things… — Laozi
You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them, sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping stones to… — Rohinton Mistry
Still, our creationist incubi, who would never let facts spoil a favorite argument, refuse to yield, and continue to assert the absence of all transitional… — Stephen Jay Gould
When a man acts in ways that annoy us we wish to think him wicked, and we refuse to face the fact that his annoying… — Bertrand Russell
An ocean refuses no river. — Sheila Chandra
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution. — Jean-Paul Sartre
If a person says or does something that we consider offensive, our first obligation is to refuse to take offense and then communicate privately, honestly,… — David A. Bednar
I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to… — Beau Willimon
I refuse to act the way someone expects me to. — Madonna Ciccone
We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the… — Jonathan Kozol
I refuse to work evenings or weekends. If a script sees my character meeting for dinner, I put a line through the words and make… — Armando Iannucci
I think an ethical lawyer would absolutely refuse, if he or she had knowledge that this is the purpose for which her work would be… — Viet D. Dinh
We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone. — Alice Walker

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