G. K. Chesterton on acceptance
G. K. Chesterton128 quotes“Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.”
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton Thanks are the highest form of thought.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton The test of happiness is gratitude.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Come forward as servants of Islam, organise the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.
Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage to aristocratic privilege.
Thomas MannThomas Mann Sit with a feeling don’t share it.
Rhiannon JohannaRhiannon Johanna My goals for the next part of my life: Whatever I’m handed, I’m gonna make the most of it. If it’s good for me, I’m gonna take it.
Bhad BhabieBhad Bhabie I’ve definitely accepted the fact that I’m not normal.
Becky GBecky G My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.
Natalie WoodNatalie Wood You only knew the parts of me you accepted in yourself.
Hadley AllisonHadley Allison I want to earn my own way, I like having nice things but I’ve never accepted anything I haven’t earned.
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