"A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff."
- Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Darkness should never be an excuse to quit, for with God, darkness is the exact stuff that light was built for."
"Apologies require taking full responsibility. No half-truths, no partial admissions, no rationalizations, no finger pointing, and no justifications belong in any apology."
- Cathy Burnham Martin
"His intelligence was just something he'd been born with. Luck of the draw, like being beautiful. It was a rationalization to say that he'd worked hard. It was like being given a fine knife and taking ..."
- Adelle Waldman
"The worst denial of all is being in denial that we’re in denial in the first place. And I would wonder if that’s not exactly where most of us live out most of our lives."
"Any belief worth embracing will stand up to the litmus test of scrutiny. If we have to qualify, rationalize, make exceptions for, or turn a blind eye to maintain a belief, then it may well be time to ..."
- Laurie Buchanan
"The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs."
"To recklessly excuse a failure is to believe that I’ve effectively erased it from the story of my life, when I’ve actually imprinted it in indelible ink."
"A lie is my attempt to tamper with the truth so that I need not face the truth. Yet as shrewd as I think myself to be, I would be wise to understand that God designed truth as ultimately tamper-proof."
"...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical."
- Dianna Hardy