Reluctantly Quotes

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There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. — Seneca the Younger
It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance, still… — R. H. Tawney
When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects… — John D. Rockefeller
I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "This man was an absolute fool. None of the… — Lewis Mumford
The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to think for itself… — Agatha Christie
Have the daring to stop doing the things you really don't want to do. Can you see them? Look closely. Can you observe the many… — Vernon Howard
The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and… — Maurice Strong
Perhaps reluctantly we come to acknowledge that there are also scars which mark the surface of our Earth-erosion, deforestation, the squandering of the world's mineral… — Pope Benedict XVI
Far from being reluctantly propelled into hostilities by popular war fever, leaders incite that fever in order to gather support for their war policies. Thereby… — Michael Parenti
Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly. — Otto Rank
Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion which Chance… — Arthur C. Clarke
I'm reluctantly interested in love and helplessly interested in logic and yet they're so conflicting. And they're both necessary for a happy balance, a happy… — Laura Marling
The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. As the landscape changed from… — Stephen Crane
When the white man came to Africa, the white man had the Bible and the African had the land, but now it is the white… — James A. Baldwin
Idealism may get us into the fray, but it is the loss of all we cherish that begins to form in us a heart capable… — Dan B. Allender
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating… — Ingrid Bengis
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. — Norman Douglas
The difference between Democrats and Republicans is: Democrats have accepted some ideas of Socialism cheerfully, while Republicans have accepted them reluctantly — Norman Thomas
In theory we understand people, but in practice we can't put up with them, I thought, deal with them for the most part reluctantly and… — Thomas Bernhard
Man is less interested in marriage, very much less interested. In fact not interested at all. If he agrees, he agrees only reluctantly - because… — Rajneesh

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