Refusal Quotes

Refusal Quote of the day

You are already that which you want to be, and your refusal to believe this is the only reason you do not see it.

True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Ignorance is not a simple lack of knowledge but an active aversion to knowledge, the refusal to know, issuing from cowardice, pride, or laziness of mind.

Faith is the refusal to panic.

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

True obedience is the refusal to compromise in any regard our relationship with God, regardless of the consequences.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

Freedom without opportunity is a devil's gift, and the refusal to provide such opportunities is criminal

The biggest obstacle to making Christ magnificent is the refusal to make yourself small.

Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

Infinite Love is who we really are and who we refuse to be. This refusal is our most essential tension.

In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws.

Prejudice and bigotry are brought down...by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.

Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

There is only one meditation - the rigorous refusal to harbor thoughts.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

Once you have confidence in your instincts, you must never allow other people's refusal to believe, or their data to refute, what you instinctively know is true.

He who awaits the call, but sees the need, Already sets his spirit to refuse it.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

Refusal to forgive reveals we have minimized our offense against God and we have maximized a brother's offense against us.

Elegance is refusal.

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.

Every new Fashion is a refusal to inherit, a subversion against the oppression of the preceding Fashion; Fashion experiences itself as a Right, the natural right of the present over the past.

The mastery of the true self, and the refusal to permit others to dominate us, is the ultimate in living and self-expression in athletics.

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity.

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.

Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking.

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the most fearsome state or corporate power.

Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.

Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.

Sometimes God's refusals are His mercies.

Your suffering is shaped exactly by your refusal to open.

Breach of promise is no less an act of insolvency than a refusal to pay one's debt.

Faith is a refusal to panic, come what may.

The absurd hero's refusal to hope becomes his singular ability to live in the present with passion.

There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think.

Language is the main instrument of man's refusal to accept the world as it is.

The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.

For the essence of science, I would suggest, is simply the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.