Renounce Quotes

175 quotes by 132 authors

I am Zarathustra the Godless: where shall I find my equal? All those who give themselves their own will and renounce all submission, they are… — Friedrich Nietzsche
This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government… — Strom Thurmond
To be unattached is not to renounce the world. If you renounce the world you are attached to the world; otherwise why should you renounce… — Rajneesh
The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In… — Thomas Merton
We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not… — Mother Teresa
We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it… — Hudson Taylor
Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and become generally accepted unless people renounce their primary, unreflecting, and spontaneous attempt to understand all their experience… — Norbert Elias
The man who renounces himself, comes to himself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In any activity, we have to know what to expect, how to reach our objectives and what capacity we possess for the proposed task. The… — Paulo Coelho
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed… — John Ortberg
...Surely, we must renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single… — Howard Zinn
The drop in living standards most people would have to accept to reduce climate change significantly would still leave us far better off than previous… — Raimond Gaita
Let us return to our eagle's nest in the Himalayas. It is waiting for us, for it is ours, eaglets of Europe, we need not… — Romain Rolland
Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised! in vain. Their arts may… — Samuel Adams
However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will - unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself -… — John of the Cross
People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. — Jean Rostand
The reason any conservative's failing is always major news is that it allows liberals to engage in their very favorite taunt: Hypocrisy! Hypocrisy is the… — Ann Coulter
We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without… — Joseph Wood Krutch
In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society,… — Samuel Adams

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