Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity. A. W. Tozer More A. W. Tozer Quotes 1
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato Greek Philosopher More Plato Quotes 1
Historically, I believe I was correct in refusing to answer their questions. Pete Seeger American Musician More Pete Seeger Quotes 0
At a time when the GOP is playing games with the debt limit, a member of the Supreme Court is refusing to recuse himself from matters he has a financial interest in, and middle class incomes are stagnant, many want to change the subject. I don't. This was a prank, and a silly one. I'm focused on my work. Anthony Weiner American Politician More Anthony Weiner Quotes 0
He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles. Kit Williams Author More Kit Williams Quotes 0
Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up. Robert Smith English Musician More Robert Smith Quotes 0
Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States. Anna Louise Strong American Journalist More Anna Louise Strong Quotes 0
For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner. Robert Capa American Photographer More Robert Capa Quotes 0
Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using. Samuel Daniel English Poet More Samuel Daniel Quotes 0
No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts. Norman Lamm American Educator More Norman Lamm Quotes 0
Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful. Ric Ocasek Musician More Ric Ocasek Quotes 0
It is but refusing to gratify an unreasonable or an insolent demand, and up starts a patriot. Robert Walpole British Statesman More Robert Walpole Quotes 0
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to eliminate from the record by refusing all requests for permission to reprint them, and I hope I have done a good job of making them hard to unearth. Leslie Charteris British Writer More Leslie Charteris Quotes 0
Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. Aneurin Bevan Welsh Politician More Aneurin Bevan Quotes 0
The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up. Jim Clyburn American Politician More Jim Clyburn Quotes 0
How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. Nellie Bly American Journalist More Nellie Bly Quotes 0
Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not. Phil Crosby American Author More Phil Crosby Quotes 0
If there be any plausible reason for supposing that we have the right to legislate on the slave interests of the District, you cannot put down the investigation of the subject out of doors, by refusing to receive petitions. Caleb Cushing American Diplomat More Caleb Cushing Quotes 0
A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier. Edith Evans English Actress More Edith Evans Quotes 0
A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all. Betty Friedan American Activist More Betty Friedan Quotes 0
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. C. S. Lewis British Author More C. S. Lewis Quotes 0
To Mr. Seward: It is my desire that, in case Maximillian will surrender, he be sent here a prisoner of war, but that in the event of his continuing the war, or refusing to surrender, then he be shot. Joshua A. Norton American Celebrity More Joshua A. Norton Quotes 0
We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from. Jose Marti Activist More Jose Marti Quotes 0
The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt. Kenneth L. Pike American Sociologist More Kenneth L. Pike Quotes 0