The Reason Quotes
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."
We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.
No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated.
Don't ever, ever, ever give up, because you're here for a reason, even if it's just to laugh at cats on the internet.
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his wont.
Sun is the reason And the world it will bloom 'Cause sun lights the sky And the sun lights the moon
I admired a tremendous number of photographers, but for some reason I arrived at a point of view of my own.
Neither tolerance nor intolerance is grounded in science and reason, but they are themselves acts of faith grounded in social custom and the politics of expediency and power.
None of us are perfect, for which reason we should heed the voice of charity when it whispers in our ears, "Do not magnify the imperfections of others.
Emotion is not opposed to reason. Emotions guide and manage thought in fundamental ways and complement the deficiencies of thinking.
I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told.
Jesus first of all, loves His Father in heaven and would never compromise the message that sinners must be delivered or be damned. That is the reason Jesus came to earth-to save sinners.
My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.
The perpetual tendency of the race of man to increase beyond the means of subsistence is one of the general laws of animated nature, which we can have no reason to expect to change.
The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.
Americans ... have wrought a country that has after more than two centuries yet to evidence a single year during which it was not making war upon someone, somewhere, for some reason.
there are times when life's ends are so raveled that reason and sense cry out that we stop and gather them together again before we can proceed
Music is what I always turn to when I'm feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything.
In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
If there's one thing that we're very good at as humans, it's remembering the bad stuff. For some reason, it's always the pain that gets you.
To me, the main thing about living on this planet is to know who the hell you are and be real about it. That's the reason I'm still alive.
Pros like myself played football not for money or glory, but for the simplest reason: the love of the game.
Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.- Robert Frost Now that all your worry has proved such an unattractive business - why not find a better job?
The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. Let us be like the man of the frontier and always reveal with utmost honesty our real reasons for all that we do.
Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?
The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery.
Yellow wakes me up in the morning. Yellow gets me on the bike every day. Yellow has taught me the true meaning of sacrifice. Yellow makes me suffer. Yellow is the reason I'm here.
The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.
One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.
It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.
Ginny, listen... I can’t be involved with you anymore. We’ve got to stop seeing each other. We can’t be together.” “It’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?
Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.
GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.
The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected.
