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When temptations march monotonously in regiments, one waits for to pass. By Frank Moore Colby Regiments Pass Temptations March Monotonously

Abdicating-Decision-Making By Karen Kingston

dropping out until become empty By Ahmed Dropping Empty

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. By Natalie Clifford Barney Renouncement Mediocrity Heroism

Disintegration---I'm taking it in stride. By Bret Easton Ellis Disintegration Stride Taking

The time has passed for dilly-dallying. We must demand satisfactory performance. By Dwight D. Eisenhower Dillydallying Time Passed Performance Demand

One must submit, like a traveller who has to ascend a mountain: if the mountain was not there, the road would be both shorter and pleasanter; but there it is, and he must get over it. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Submit Pleasanter Mountain Traveller Ascend

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion. By Robert Louis Stevenson Aversion Regard Indifference Closely Bordering

Surrendering means non-desiring. By Rajneesh Surrendering Nondesiring

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. By Emile M. Cioran Conscious Concession Make Accompanied Diminution

An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster. By Livy Luster Honor Prudently Declined Returns

There are times that insistence of demands becomes the stumbling obstacle, that instead of paving way to something smooth for the realisation of some matters which end up in a ditch of rejection. By Angelica Hopes Obstacle Rejection Times Insistence Demands

I by not doing, not by doing, lost By Dante Alighieri Lost

Discouragement is not the absence of adequacy but the absence of courage. By Neal A. Maxwell Absence Discouragement Courage Adequacy

Just as in the great moment of resignation one does not mediate but chooses, now the task is to gain proficiency in repeating the impassioned choice and, existing, to express it in existence. By Soren Kierkegaard Existing Chooses Existence Great Moment

She is resigned, with that resignation resembling indifference as death resembles sleep. By Victor Hugo Resigned Sleep Resignation Resembling Indifference

Reject me and I don't know how to give up. Accept me and I will still continue. By Santosh Kalwar Reject Give Accept Continue

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. By Samuel Johnson Grave Sounds Tranquillity Praise Protracted

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up. By Robert A. Schuller Failure Falling Refusing

People like to have something to turn down, though. They want to be able to say no to some things, because it makes their yes more meaningful. (pg. 25) By Deb Caletti People Turn Things Meaningful Makes

I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement. By Oscar Wilde Engagement Decline Invitation Owing Subsequent

To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckily and make a fall. By Robert Louis Stevenson Fall Avoid Occasion Virtues Worse

Doing nothing, badly. By Graham Greene Badly

The myths and folktales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what one takes to be one's own interest. The future is regarded not in terms of an unremitting series of deaths and births, but as though one's own present system of ideals, virtues, goals, and advantages were to be fixed and made secure. By Joseph Campbell Refusal Interest Myths Folktales World

what it feels like to resist without seeming to resist, to absent yourself while seeming respectful and attentive. By Jane Smiley Resist Attentive Feels Absent Respectful

When faced with two equally tough choices, most people choose the third choice: to not choose. By Jarod Kintz Choose Choices Choice Faced Equally

What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief. By Sophie Swetchine Resignation God Grief Putting

One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent. By Bill Walsh Athletes Managers Executives Win Defeat

OFTEN, THE THING HOLDING us back from success is our inability to say no. By Shane Snow Thing Holding Back Success Inability

You've seen my descent, now watch my rising. By Jalaluddin Rumi Descent Rising Watch

Money never declines. Money just moves. By Richard M. Kovacevich Money Declines Moves

Show enough regret, and your refusal will inspire gratitude. By Mason Cooley Show Regret Gratitude Refusal Inspire

The weather today is an increasing trend towards denial. By Chuck Palahniuk Denial Weather Today Increasing Trend

Not knowing it was hard; knowing it was harder By Toni Morrison Knowing Hard Harder

Discouragement is the illegitimate child of false expectations! Loyd Ogilive By Lane Adams Discouragement Expectations Ogilive Illegitimate Child

Not doing is not about immobility or giving up in despair. It is first and foremost about being able to be with, to accept fully, what is in this moment. By Oriah Dreamer Despair Immobility Giving Fully Moment

I'm disappearing, avoiding most things. By Syd Barrett Disappearing Avoiding Things

Failing to look inscrutable to any but the habitually dismissive ... By Thomas Pynchon Failing Dismissive Inscrutable Habitually

Now what state do you live in?''Denial. By Bill Watterson Denial State Live

Resignation requires will, and will requires decision, and decision requires belief, and belief requires that there is something to believe in! By Anne Rice Requires Decision Belief Resignation

giving me the choice about By Denise Welch Giving Choice

I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on. By Greg Brenneman Pass Opportunity Add

Discouragement does not come to passive and indifferent people who lack initiative By Sunday Adelaja Discouragement Initiative Passive Indifferent People

You want success but You don't want to bear By Habiba Umate Bear Success

The logic of pessimism moves through three refusals: a no-saying to the worst (refusal of the world-for-us, or Schopenhauer's tears); a yes-saying to the worst (refusal of the world-in-itself, or Nietzsche's laughter); and a no-saying to the for-us and the in-itself (a double refusal, or Cioran's sleep).Crying, laughing, sleeping - what other responses are adequate to a life that is so indifferent? By Eugene Thacker Worst Refusal Nosaying Crying Schopenhauer

I withdraw my consent from reality. I deny it my assistance. I dedicate myself to the temptations of escapism, and throw myself wholeheartedly into the endlessness of unreality. By Ursula Poznanski Reality Withdraw Consent Assistance Escapism

To turn down knowledge is to resign to ignorance. By Kyle Schmalenberg Ignorance Turn Knowledge Resign

We're not dropping out here, we're infiltrating and taking over. By Terence Mckenna Dropping Infiltrating Taking

Who timidly requests invites refusal. By Seneca The Younger Refusal Timidly Requests Invites

It is more tolerable to be refused than deceived. By Publilius Syrus Deceived Tolerable Refused

Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave. Drop all such sorrow permanently by daring to see through this deception of the unconscious mind. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today By Guy Finley Discouragement Sleeve Negative Emotion Dark

Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego. By Ambrose Bierce Selfdenial Forego Indulgence Propensity

Choose, but don't want. By Neale Donald Walsch Choose

I guess I'm giving in to life. It's like the ocean breaking against the rocks: it simply wears me down until I given in. It was only a matter of time. By Marata Eros Life Guess Giving Rocks Time

Perpetuating success or sliding into decline is the result of many intersecting forces that reinforce one another directly and indirectly. They are both cause and effect of winning or losing. Winning generates positive forces, losing generates negative forces. By Rosabeth Moss Kanter Perpetuating Indirectly Forces Success Sliding

In a sense, discouragement does not have to exist. Allow it to be rather the encouragement to honestly reconsider all the options, then, as necessary, shine on. By Criss Jami Sense Discouragement Exist Options Shine

Success is buried on the other side of rejection. By Anthony Robbins Success Rejection Buried Side

Resignation is to equate with the hope to give up; a possible renewal process is initiated, which do things clean at its roots. By Kristian Goldmund Aumann Resignation Initiated Roots Equate Hope

There are moments in business and in life when you have to say, "Failure is not an option." By Donny Deutsch Failure Option Moments Business Life

If you don't want something, refuse it! Refusal is your true way to the stars! Man rises by refusing with courage the things he finds inconvenient! By Mehmet Murat Ildan Refuse Refusal Stars Man Inconvenient

In acceptance, there is a decreased preoccupation with "doingness," a growing focus on the quality of beingness itself, By David R. Hawkins Doingness Acceptance Decreased Preoccupation Growing

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected. By Luc De Clapiers Simply Rejected Thought Weak Expressed

Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding By Sara Blakely Failure Succeeding Versus

Rejection is a challenge. By Veronica Purcell Rejection Challenge

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it. By Epictetus Thing Power Attitude Accept Resent

When you're about to be turned down, go for a postponement. By Ken Follett Postponement Turned

The opposite of liking is not disliking, after all. The opposite of liking is apathy. By N.k. Jemisin Opposite Liking Disliking Apathy

To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting. By Gillian Flynn Submitting Refuse Consequences

He was withdrawing. I think it was getting harder for him to accept his fate. Like a bird in a cage, he grew silent. By Alice Hoffman Withdrawing Fate Cage Silent Harder

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it. By Michael J. Fox Acceptance Resignation Understanding

Rejection is merely a redirection; a course correction to your destiny. By Bryant Mcgill Rejection Redirection Destiny Correction

wasn't going to like being By Catherine Coulter

Always resent, never relent. By Viet Thanh Nguyen Resent Relent

If you're feeling intransigently ambivalent, it might pay to formally accept what's already happening - that is, decide not to decide. By Martha Beck Ambivalent Happening Decide Feeling Intransigently

Never accept what you don't like to do. By Lailah Gifty Akita Accept

To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self). By Hazrat Inayat Khan Selfdenial Resigned Find Satisfaction Denial

Resignation is just simply out of the question ... By John Podesta Resignation Question Simply

I had gotten to the point where I just didn't want to perform anymore - I didn't want to be on the chopping block anymore. I started to want to withdraw and retreat from it. By Guillermo Del Toro Anymore Point Perform Chopping Block

Resignation is the better part of wisdom. By Philip Zaleski Resignation Wisdom Part

If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not. By John Cage Accepted Work Move Point

You know what 'FAILING' stands for? It stands for 'Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth.' By Gary Busey Failing Stands Finding Lesson Inviting

What I resist persists. What I accept is transformed. By Mirza Yawar Baig Persists Resist Transformed Accept

I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject. By Jeanette Winterson Good Walking Rejection Reject Teaches

You make it a production. Slam doors. Knock things over. Scream. But I just leave. Even if I'm still standing there, I leave. I am refusing you. I am denying you. I am an adjective that is quickly turning into a noun. By David Levithan Production Make Leave Slam Doors

How extraordinary people are, that they get themselves into such situations where they go on doing what they dislike doing, and have no need or obligation to do, simply because it seems to be expected. By Margaret Drabble Simply Expected Extraordinary People Situations

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. By Thomas A. Edison Person Successful Makes Habit Failing

Those who walk, run, or slide downhill eagerly would rather not think about the long, hard climb back up the hill again. By Swami Kriyananda Run Walk Long Hard Slide

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. By Margaret Halsey Refusal Circumstances Educated Defeated

It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny. By Publilius Syrus Deny Kindness Immediately Refuse Intend

Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged. By Tennessee Williams Disappointed Discouraged Thing

i chose not to run By Jerry Seinfeld Run Chose

You know that it never has been easyWhether you do or do not resignWhether you travel the breadth of the extremitiesOr stick to some straighter line. By Joni Mitchell Line Easywhether Resignwhether Travel Breadth

Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes. By Eckhart Tolle Surrender Acceptance Transition Resistance

I don't like failing at anything. By Liam Mcintyre Failing

Resignation is a daily suicide. By Honore De Balzac Resignation Suicide Daily

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal. By Seneca The Younger Refusal Timidity Invites

Some people refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most, because you're afraid someday you might lost it. By Nora Roberts Step Refuse People Wanted Afraid

Failing is not losing. Failing is growing. Quitting because you failed is losing. By Chris Vadnais Failing Losing Growing Quitting Failed

Is not falling down. Failure Is desiring to live Where I have fallen. By Sri Chinmoy Falling Failure Fallen Desiring Live

We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles. By Henry Mayhew Principles Facts Proceed Recede