Renounce Quotes

175 Renounce quotes by 132 unique authors

I beg Our Lord, Monsieur, that we may be able to die to ourselves in order to rise with Him, that he may be the… — Vincent de Paul
I myself will perhaps cry out with all the rest, looking at the mother embracing her child's tormentor: 'Just art thou, O Lord!' but I… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Explore, and explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatise yourself, nor accept another's dogmatism. Why… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To live in any true sense of the word is to reject others; to accept them, one must be able to renounce, to do oneself… — Emile M. Cioran
I am obliged to renounce violence, and abstain from it altogether. — Leo Tolstoy
The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm. — George Gissing
Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage. — Pierre Corneille
Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings. — Tracy Chapman
Japan is the only country in the world to have suffered the ravages of atomic bombing. That experience left an indelible mark on the hearts… — Eisaku Sato
They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have been once seduced by luxury, they can ever renounce it. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
The strongest are those who renounce their own times and become a living part of those yet to come. The strongest and the rarest. — Milovan ?ilas
Happy is the man who renounces everything which may bring a stain or burden upon his conscience — Thomas a Kempis
The fact is that a "minor exorcism" takes place in every Baptism and Confirmation ceremony when we renounce Satan and all his works and empty… — Thomas J. Paprocki
... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny… — Evagrius Ponticus
Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions. — Sydney J. Harris
Baptism is not to be conferred on a man who is unwilling to give up his other sins, so neither should Baptism be given to… — Thomas Aquinas
I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To live... in any sense of the word... is to reject others; to accept them, one must renounce, do oneself violence. — Emile M. Cioran
The gamester, if he die a martyr to his profession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, and by the act… — Charles Caleb Colton
Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and… — Sloane Crosley
It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of… — Moshe Dayan
You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind… — King Edward VIII
You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. — Gustav Mahler
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. — Sivananda

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