Refused Quotes

430 quotes by 392 authors

Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
During our travels, the Indians entertained me well; and their affection for me was so great, that they utterly refused to leave me there with… — Daniel Boone
In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I… — Lakhdar Brahimi
Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned… — John C. Maxwell
To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
There is no supernatural, there is only nature. Nature alone exists and contains all. All is. There is the part of nature that we perceive,… — Victor Hugo
If we rail and kick against it and grow bitter, we won't change the inevitable; but we will change ourselves. I know. I have tried… — Dale Carnegie
When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation we would act, and act… — Harry S. Truman
Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up. — Sylvester Stallone
I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance. — Wanda Sykes
We shouldn't knee jerk anything. The Iraqi government a few years back, when they had a chance to sign an agreement that would keep some… — Carl Levin
Healthy moms mean healthy families. When my Republican colleagues held a hearing about birth control and refused to include a single woman on the first… — Carolyn Maloney
Cancer has changed, and so have I. Life goes on, even becomes normal again. I refused to let cancer wreck my party. There are just… — Kris Carr
A favor is half granted, when graciously refused. — Jonathan Swift
Money refused loose its brightness. — George Herbert
It is sometimes said that toleration should be refused to the intolerant. In practice this would destroy it... The only remedy for dogmatism and lies… — Joyce Cary
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. — Robert Louis Stevenson
A traveling show visited a country town and one of the acts was advertised as a striptease. A small boy begged his mother for a… — Art Linkletter
Until now they have refused to do battle with us. They are just going places. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If you go around… — Malala Yousafzai

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