Refusing Quotes

246 quotes by 223 authors

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves. — Rowan Williams
Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and sisters… — Michael Eric Dyson
He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing… — Jhumpa Lahiri
At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as… — Adeline Yen Mah
A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help. But if, half an hour before, you spent just ten minutes with the… — Ray Bradbury
Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we donâ€™t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each… — Marvin J. Ashton
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy… — Jack London
The ideal art, the noblest of art: working with the complexities of life, refusing to simplify, to "overcome" doubt. — Joyce Carol Oates
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's… — Barack Obama
But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up… — Vikram Seth
The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything. — Chogyam Trungpa
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others. — Oprah Winfrey
Time's passage through the memory is like molten glass that can be opaque or crystalize at any given moment at will: a thousand days are… — Gloria Naylor
Insomnia is a variant of Tourette's--the waking brain races, sampling the world after the world has turned away, touching it everywhere, refusing to settle, to… — Jonathan Lethem
That which exists possesses identity; he could keep it out of existence by refusing to identify it. — Ayn Rand
Too pissed off to cry, I said, 'This is only making me hate her. I don't want to hate her. And what's the point, if… — John Green
Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without… — Ray Bradbury
he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of… — Oswald Chambers
As if Spade's chivalry would allow him to do anything to a woman. The harshest punishment she could imagine him dishing out to Cat would… — Jeaniene Frost

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