Sayings about Refusal
Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given. ~ Kenyan Proverbs
To ask is no sin, and to be refused is no calamity. ~ Russian Proverb
Who refuses to submit to justice, must not complain of oppression. ~ German Proverbs
Never refuse a good offer. ~ Latin Proverb
Who refuses, muses. ~ French Proverb
Riches are often abused, but never refused. ~ Danish Proverbs
Fools refuse favors. ~ German Proverbs
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry. ~ African Proverb
It is better to refuse than to accept and not to go. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
He that refuse praise the first time does it because he would have it the second. ~ Italian Proverbs
Things refuse to be mismanaged long. ~ Traditional Proverb
A wife’s advice is not worth much, but woe to the husband who refuses to take it. ~ Welsh Proverb
The sea refuses no river. ~ French Proverb
Don’t refuse a wing to the one who gave you the chicken. ~ Spanish Proverbs
He who refuses a gift will not fill his barn. ~ Sierra Leonean Proverbs
He who is sick will not refuse medicine. ~ Nigerian Proverbs
Many desire the tree who pretend to refuse the fruit. ~ Italian Proverbs
Quotations about Refusal
It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage. ~ Jane Austen
A lot of people refuse to do things because they don’t want to go naked, don’t want to go without guarantee. But that’s what’s got to happen. You go naked until you die. ~ Nikki Giovanni
Nature can refuse to speak but she cannot give a wrong answer. ~ Charles Brenton Huggins
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing. ~ Horace
A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed. ~ Alexander Chase
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Words signify man’s refusal to accept the world as it is. ~ Herbert Kaufman
Boredom is the root of all evil – the despairing refusal to be oneself. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation. ~ Albert Camus
Money refused loose its brightness. ~ George Herbert
An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. ~ Orlando A. Battista
A widow’s refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. ~ Samuel Richardson
Our lives are shaped by those who love us and by those who refuse to love us. ~ John Powell
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor. ~ Publilius Syrus
Perhaps the surest test of an individual’s integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect. ~ Thomas S. Monson
It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. ~ W. Somerset Maugham
There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings. ~ Dorothy Thompson
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. ~ Reinhold Niebuhr
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer. ~ Douglas Adams
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. ~ Annie Besant
Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise. ~ Rumi
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed. ~ William James
When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. ~ Bayard Rustin
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. ~ Mark Twain
Elegance is refusal. ~ Coco Chanel
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. ~ Chinua Achebe
You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept. ~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
