Refusing Quotes

246 quotes by 223 authors

[R]efusing or not refusing to execute a law to stamp it with its final character . . . makes the Judiciary department paramount in fact… — James Madison
To me the ultimate sin was refusing to listen to reason. — Colin McGinn
Fear, anger, stubbornness, and distrust portray themselves as your rescuers. Actually these energies only make you more closed off. Tell yourself: Nobody ever solved a… — Deepak Chopra
Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer. — E. W. Howe
O poor, unthinking human heart! Error will not go away, logic and reason are slow to penetrate.We cling with both arms to false hope, refusing… — Rabindranath Tagore
If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would be… — Alan Sillitoe
Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality. — Dan B. Allender
Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps the more precious thing is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of… — Aung San Suu Kyi
May I share with you my earliest memory of a political row? It was with my mother, about the Queen - classic Freudian stuff, shrinks… — Alastair Campbell
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything. We can never say that we… — Chogyam Trungpa
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. — Plato
We are a conspiracy of hope and we are pressing back against the strong tide of oppression which for centuries has been the legacy of… — Patricia Deegan
Even though . . . 9/11 happened because . . . Bush's FBI and CIA did not detect the Al Qaeda conspiracy . . .… — Vincent Bugliosi
Total separation of church and state was considered the best safeguard for the health of each. As [Andrew] Jackson explained, in refusing to name a… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
You have the power to take away someone's happiness by refusing to forgive. That someone is you. — Alan Cohen
No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts. — Norman Lamm
We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free! — Neal A. Maxwell
A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing… — Betty Friedan
Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it — Francis Chan

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