Quotes of Ignoring - somelinesforyou

“ Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward. ”

- Viktor E. Frankl

“ Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing? ”

- Yves Saint Laurent

“ It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Life's strict rule is this: You get more of what you focus on. Ignoring this, we abandon our healthiest, concentrative energies and court emotional upheaval. ”

- Marsha Sinetar

“ This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental ones. ”

- Desmond Morris

“ If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them. ”

- Carl Levin

“ You do not reform a world by ignoring it. ”

- George H. Bush

“ We accomplish things by directing our desires, not by ignoring them. ”

- Unknown

“ There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections. ”

- Joseph De Maistre

“ Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. ”

- Henry Brooks Adams

“ In the choice of a horse and a wife, a man must please himself, ignoring the opinion and advice of friends. ”

- George John Whyte Melville

“ Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future. ”

- Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

“ God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers, and severely by answering them. ”

- Richard J. Needham

“ As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven. ”

- Doug Horton

“ Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor - but they have few followers now. ”

- Arthur C. Clarke

“ Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design. ”

- Oprah Winfrey

“ Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few… ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms. One can travel boldly ahead over these bridges, ignoring the chasms. It is forbidden to look down into them; but that, alas, does not alter the fact that they exist. ”

- Czeslaw Milosz

“ An old Arabian fable tells of a prince imprisoned in a castle which had thirteen windows. Twelve of these windows overlooked lovely scenes, while the thirteenth looked down on the black ash heaps of the city. Ignoring the twelve windows, the prince always looked out through the thirteenth. ”

- James Keller
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