Renounce Quotes

175 Renounce quotes by 132 unique authors

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
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has been stripped of… — Alexander Hamilton
The best measure of a successful life is the way we turn away, we renounce, and even by the way we depart it. — Tariq Ramadan
We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a… — Moshe Dayan
If (O.J. Simpson) is acquitted, I will renounce my citizenship. And if I converse with him at a cocktail party, I will say, 'Well, there… — Dick Cavett
While other faiths are also often oppressive, sharia law is especially oppressive. Its interpretations stipulate the execution of Muslims who commit adultery, renounce their faith… — Peter Tatchell
I am not saying renounce sex, I am saying transform it. It need not remain just biological: bring some spirituality to it. While making love,… — Rajneesh
The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper. — Gautama Buddha
The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering after trinkets, children… — Gautama Buddha
If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human… — Ellen Terry
It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight. — Jean-Georges Noverre

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