Famous Quotes: R
Rejection
“Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner . . .” (Mark 12: 10)
“But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.” (Luke 17: 25)
“And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.” (Mark 8: 31)
“A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.” (Bo Bennett)
“Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
“Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection.” (John Powell)
“An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.” (Bo Bennett)
“I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.” (Sylvester Stallone)
Relationships
“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.” (Epictetus)
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. (Albert Schweitzer)
“When God wants to speak and deal with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents, or the pastor, or of our neighbor.” (Martin Luther)
“When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.” (Japanese proverb)
“Where there are friends, there is wealth.” (Titus Muccius Plautus)
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” (Dale Carnegie)
“Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.” (Deepak Chopra)
“The best relationships - - friendship and otherwise - - tend to be those where you *can* say anything to the other person but you don't say *everything*. (Audrey Beth Stein)
“Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.” (Anthony J. D’Angelo)
“A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.” (Leo Buscaglia)
“The best way to knock the chip off your neighbor’s shoulder is to pat him on the back.” (Anonymous)
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness.” (Kahlil Gibran)
Relaxation
“The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.” (Sidney J. Harris)
“The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.” ( James Anthony Froude)
Reputation
“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.” (Henry Ford)
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” (John Wooden)
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” (Abraham Lincoln)
Responsibility
“Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.” (Luke 17: 10)
“And Paul, looking steadfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.” (Acts 23:1)
“Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.”
(Woodrow Wilson)
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
"The price of greatness is responsibility." (Winston Churchill)
"A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it." (Malcom S. Forbes)
"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities." (Napolean Hill)
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." (Abraham Lincoln)
“Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
