Quotes About Refusal

It is the absence of the knowledge of God and man's refusal to obey Him that lie at the root of every problem which besets us.

The acquirement of wealth demanded his entire strength, and all lighter considerations he had consistently refused to recognize, until he thought them dead.

Everyone is possessed, at times, with the desire to rebel. Man has refused to live in a primitive state of nature, which is why angels drive ambulances and gather up other angels who have been broken in half.

disobedience, refusal to work, refusal to answer when spoken to, and a determination not to succeed.

One time I asked her to have a chew and she said no thanks, that - chewing gum cleaved to her palate and rendered her speechless, said Jem carefully. Doesn't that sound nice?

She could not comprehend the attitudes of young people these days. Not that they needed understanding—young people were the same in every generation—but this cockiness, this refusal to take seriously the gravest questions of their lives, nettled and irritated her. Jean Louise was about to make the worst mistake of her life, and she glibly quoted those people at her, she mocked her.

My failure to lay aside the sin that so easily entangles is the direct result of my refusal to die to my natural proclivity toward attaining my own freedom, meaning, value, worth, and righteousness - not believing that, by virtue of my Spirit - wrought union with Christ, everything I need, I already possess.

In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

The Supreme Court's non-transparent attitude on the disclosure of assets is in line with the judiciary's steadfast refusal to allow any transparency in the matter of appointment of judges, or for that matter, in the judiciary as a whole.

I love to read, but I can't stand books like that. And I flat out refuse to have one of those lives that I wouldn't even want to read about." "But at least I'm numb -- as if my heart's been Novocained.

No, thanks,' said Sam, who had never understood why he often refused drinks he would have liked to accept.

Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.

The way back to yourself is through refusal and rejection.

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

I wish I could blame my failure on my integrity & refusal to play bullshit games. But the truth is I just play them really badly.

He that obstinately denieth the truth before men upon earth, wilfully refuseth his soul's health in heaven.

For the first time in a very many years, he felt the old vexation, the mingled impatience and pleasure at the world's beautiful refusal to yield up its mysteries without a fight.

God's wraith is really only the face of love refused.

...into hate, into refusal, against hope and without fear

It's hard to see how much of our social fabric is made up of a radical refusal to love people.

Toute abstraction est si dure à accepter que notre premier réflexe est de la refuser, d'autant plus si elle s'inscrit à contre-courant de ce que nous avons toujours pensé.»

When I asked him if he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak further. It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask anyone else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting.

Kindly and firmly, she refused to sleep with me. Not even a charity fuck.