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.
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Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
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Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
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The mayor gave no other answer than that deep guttural grunt which is technically known in municipal interviews as refusing to commit oneself.
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When about 16 Years of Age, I happen'd to meet with a Book written by one Tryon, recommending a Vegetable Diet. I determined to go into it. My Brother being yet unmarried, did not keep House, but boarded himself & his Apprentices in another family. My refusing to eat Flesh occasioned an Inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity .... Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.
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Errors are inevitable. The mark of character is not refusing to recognize them, but acknowledging them and taking responsibility
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I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel Secretary of State visit to Moscow)
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Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.
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John 3:18:
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
(NIV)
He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.](AMP)
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(KJV)
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For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.
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Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles - Calvin
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A man cannot free himself by any self-denying ordinances, neither by water nor potatoes, nor by violent possibilities, by refusing to swear, refusing to pay taxes, by going to jail, or by taking another man's crops or squatting on his land. By none of these ways can he free himself; no, nor by paying his debts with money; only by obedience to his own genius.
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Daniel 9:11:
All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. 'Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.'
(NIV)
Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even turning aside that they might not obey Your voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out on us and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. [Lev. 26:14-45; Deut. 28:15-68.](AMP)
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
(KJV)
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My tears stuck in their little ducts, refusing to be jerked.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Giving up, accepting your failure, refusing to try again does!
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John 12:48:
There is a judge for those who reject me and do not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.
(NIV)
Anyone who rejects Me and persistently sets Me at naught, refusing to accept My teachings, has his judge [however]; for the [very] message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him at the last day.
(AMP)
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
(KJV)
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Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.
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1 John 1:8:
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
(NIV)
If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which the Gospel presents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts].
(AMP)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
(KJV)
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Refusing to have an opinion is a way of having one.
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Failing doesn't make you a failure. Giving up, accepting your failure, refusing to try again does
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Politics
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