The Reason Quotes

You can never learn less; you can only learn more. The reason I know so much is because I have made so many mistakes.

If something you want is slow to come to you, it can be for only one reason: You are spending more time focused upon its absence than you are about its presence. If

It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.

The only reason I get out of bed at all on weekends is because eventually I can't stand the taste of my own breath any more.

It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.

There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.

And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.

Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.

A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.

Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.

Mythological symbols touch and exhilarate centers of life beyond the reach of vocabularies of reason and coercion.

In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing.

They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio.

I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.

Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons.

If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.

Smiling without good reason is demeaning.

The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

We are too weak to discover the truth by reason alone

The reason of my life is not to be the most beautiful woman in the world.

We're only here for one reason: to wake up... To realize yourself doesn't mean you are perfect as a human being. It means you are willing to bear the imperfections and not sell out to them.

Faith is the power, obedience the sacrifice, love the means, Christ the reason.

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?" Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.

Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.

There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other.

The law of nature instructs most animals to cherish and educate their infant progeny. The law of reason inculcates to the human species the returns of filial piety.

Though I never shout at Labour Members or insult them, I can never understand the psychology of some of our men who endeavoured to reason with them.

The reason I'm an actor is because I'll never be able to be perfect.

Fighting at home doesn't add any pressure - they call it "home-field advantage" for good reason. I don't have to travel. I get to sleep in my own bed the night before the fight.

I have been able to hope for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes along. If there has been one fundamental reason for my success, this is it.

First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason for that was that I could control all the steps.

The only reason you're undefeated at WrestleMania is because you've never faced me at WrestleMania.

To LOVE without condition, to SMILE without reason, and to SERVE without end... THIS is achievement

I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.

There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo.]

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

When there is a fight of reason versus emotion and the mind wonders which one to follow, in most times, emotion wins over reason. But it is reason that should win and emotion shouldn't.

The purpose of life is to know yourself, create yourself, experience yourself as Who You Really Are. There is no other reason to do anything.

Don't worry about people from your past there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future.

I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.

I dislike Ted Cruz as much as the next everyone. But that's no reason to be rude to Ted's loving wife and possible hostage.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

People always do the right thing for the wrong reason.

... Our ability to reason has not given us special status, only a greater responsibility.