Denial Quotes - Page 5

Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.

What you try to bury just ends up burying you.

I have a very highly developed sense of denial.

To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. Once more, all that self-denial can say is, 'He leads the way, keep close to Him.'

I believe we're all in denial about the people we love.

He that is impatient, and cannot wait on God for a mercy, will not easily submit to Him in a denial.

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

Information is the currency of democracy. It's denial must always be suspect.

When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a while or ultimately you accept it and you make space for it. And in making space for it, you illuminate a lot of things that you normally don't have room for you simply just look at the world differently.

I'm not pushing myself forward in denial of the moment. I'm pushing myself forward and enjoying every moment voraciously. I'm thinking about the next thing but not at the expense of the present.

We are now so far advanced in our denial of evil that we want to rationalise it away.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Abortion is a denial of one of those powers which make women women.

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial of the labor to its own produce.

Forgiveness: You cannot afford to withhold forgiveness. Nothing will destroy your life more surely, for there is a great hidden grief in the denial of forgiveness. Your heart is so heavy from what you have not forgiven that you bear the offenses of another as if they were your own.

Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research.

Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present.

Being present means being completely aware of all that is. It means you’re not in denial, you’re not pretending, and you’re not avoiding.

I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression.

This is why the anti-discrimination principle being enforced is important. Because it won't stop if some of the underlying biases aren't challenged and surfaced. And that in and of itself creates backlash and denial. This is what I mean when I say better is hard.