Refusing Quotes

246 quotes by 223 authors

If you make the wrong decision, you make the wrong decision. That's all there is to it. There are few guarantees in life. One of… — Nicholas Lore
"No" is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you... Declining to… — Gavin de Becker
Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping. — Jacques Rogge
But there are times in life when a door opens and you are offered a glimpse of the light on the water, and you know… — Graham Joyce
You do not stop losing power by refusing to recognize your fear, by anesthetizing yourself to what you feel. The road to authentic power is… — Gary Zukav
The observation that species are amazingly conservative and static entities throughout long periods of time has all the qualities of the emperor's new clothes: everyone… — Niles Eldredge
Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying on it to… — Alan Wolfe
On the information sheet in a New York hotel, I recently read: 'Dear guest! To guarantee that you will fully enjoy your stay with us,… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else; they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe.… — Warsan Shire
Manz, formerly one of Zwingli's closest allies, held that there was no biblical warrant for infant baptism. Refusing to recant his views, he was tied… — Alister E. McGrath
There is absolutely no reason to suspect that prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize their out-of-state marriages will cause same-sex couples to… — Henry Franklin Floyd
My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for… — Benjamin Franklin
My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity. — Benjamin Franklin
You've got criminal courts and child welfare officials refusing to do their jobs and protect children so they can shift the cases over to family… — Anne Stevenson
Believers talk about trusting in the Lord with their whole heart and refusing to lean on thier own understanding, but no one really knows what… — David Jeremiah
When death comes, we take off our clothes and gather everything we left behind: what is dark, broken, touched with shame. When Death demands we… — Linda Gregg
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.... The danger lies in refusing… — Eleanor Roosevelt
And imagine acquiring a new language and only learning the words to describe a wonderful world, refusing to know the words for a bleak one… — Rosamund Lupton
KFC has no excuse for refusing to adopt these basic, minimal animal-welfare standards ... After two years of fruitless negotiations with the company, we're trying… — Bruce Friedrich
In light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to… — Craig Rosebraugh

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