#refusal

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

#causes #except #fear #find #happenings

And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can’t give. Perhaps your own passion temporarily destroys the capacity. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#gift #grief #loss #love #passion

Some of the reasons John McCain lost in 2008 were his lackluster campaign, his refusal to showcase Obama's extreme liberalism and, thus, his failure to demonstrate why he would make a better president than Obama. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#campaign #demonstrate #extreme #failure #his

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. ↗

— Bayard Rustin

#act #being #confers #dignity #him

...I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #refusal #repentance #selfishness #sin

Honor, obey?" Gisbourne shouted, grappling with John. "This is what you call being a good wife?" I stopped. "I never said I'd be a good wife, Guy. Just that I'd marry you. ↗

— A.C. Gaughen

#good #marriage #refusal #scarlet #wife

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

— Chinua Achebe

#compromised #integrity #refusal #tests #truest

A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#believed #immediately #refusal #rude #soft

Elegance is refusal. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#refusal

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