Reason Why Quotes - Page 9

• There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.

  Wally Amos

  Fear, Two, People

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• The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Giving Up, People, Looks

  Twitter post from Apr 02, 2014

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• Sandy deWitt at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris in Johannesburg, South Africa, taught me to make a decision and stick with it. Every day we're faced with reasons why we shouldn't do good work: it's too scary, too hard to pull off, there's no time, no money, etc. You have to be brave and commit to your choices in the face of adversity. If you waver, nothing will turn out the way you imagined it.

  Melissa Sue Anderson

  Adversity, Decision, Brave

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• . . . it is difficult for Europeans to appreciate the sentiment. Other nations kill animals by wholesale and kill one another; they exist in a sea of blood. A European said that the reason why in India animals were not killed was because it was supposed that they contained the spirits of ancestors. This reason was worthy of a savage nation who are not many steps from the brute.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Animal, Blood, Sea

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3670, Manonmani Publishers

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• Life is not always easy. And that is a major reason why it is so precious. Many of life's best rewards are possible only because you must work your way through difficult challenges to get to them. If everything in life were easy, there would be no opportunity for real fulfillment.

  Ralph Marston

  Real, Opportunity, Challenges

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• Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.

  Ralph Marston

  Focus, Done, Excuse

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• I think a major reason why intellectuals tend to move towards collectivism is that the collectivist answer is a simple one. If there's something wrong, pass a law and do something about it.

  Milton Friedman

  Moving, Simple, Thinking

  Milton Friedman (2017). “Milton Friedman on Freedom: Selections from The Collected Works of Milton Friedman”, p.65, Hoover Press

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• There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life.

  Peter Cushing

  Hate, Two, Theatre

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• The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Happiness, Spiritual, Humanity

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• T]here is no other purpose of my existence except to know, love and get closer to God. This is the one and only reason why I was created. And this is the most essential realization, as it defines everything else I do or believe. It defines all things around me, and everything I experience in life.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Believe, Essentials, Purpose

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• The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Men, Incarnation, Divorced

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.81, SCM Press

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• There is a story behind every person, a reason why they are the way they are. Don't be quick to judge. Be kind and assume the best.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Judging, Stories, Way

  Twitter post from Mar 17, 2013

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• One of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Special, Needs

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.123, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.

  John Stott

  Christian, Jesus, Believe

  John Stott (2013). “Christ in Conflict: Lessons from Jesus and His Controversies”, p.85, InterVarsity Press

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• One of the principal reasons why so many fail to get what they want is because they do not definitely know what they want, or because they change their wants almost every day. Know what you want and continue to want it. You will get it if you combine desire with faith. The power of desire when combined with faith becomes invincible.

  Christian D. Larson

  Desire, Want, Failing

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• There is no logical reason why thoughts, which have no substance, should have so much power over you, nor is there any reason why you should become their slave

  Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

  Should Have, Over You, Substance

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• The strength that comes from human collaboration is the central truth behind civilisation's success and the primary reason why cities existwe must free ourselves from our tendency to see cities as their buildings, and remember that the real city is made of flesh, not concrete.

  Edward Glaeser

  Real, Cities, Collaboration

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• You know it's funny that none of the regular late-night shows now use guest hosts the way Johnny did. No one talks about it much, but it's curious that they don't do it. They would each have to be asked the reason why they don't.

  Garry Shandling

  Night, Use, Guests

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• And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns.

  Jeffrey Wright

  Movie, Concern, Corporate

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• The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now - that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Spiritual, Thinking, Climbing

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.51, New World Library

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• Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is that conventionality saves so much time and thought and trouble and social friction of one sort or another that it leaves them much more leisure time for freedom than unconventionality does.

  George Bernard Shaw

  People, Society, Doe

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• I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man can live without meat.

  Dalai Lama

  Men, Animal, Vegetarian Diet

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• The physicist, in his study of natural phenomena, has two methods of making progress: (1) the method of experiment and observation, and (2) the method of mathematical reasoning. The former is just the collection of selected data; the latter enables one to infer results about experiments that have not been performed. There is no logical reason why the second method should be possible at all, but one has found in practice that it does work and meets with reasonable success.

  Paul Dirac

  Math, Practice, Data

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• The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.

  Margaret Mead

  Men, House, Important

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• The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.

  Adolf Galland

  Numbers, Victory, Pilots

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