#affirm

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. ↗

— John Burroughs

#always #believe #deny #easier #minds

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#applause #because #go #into #people

Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#affirm #aim #human #human life #improve

I try--without success--to stop finding reasons for vanity in anything. When I happen to manage it nonetheless, I feel that I no longer belong to the mortal gang. I am above everything then, above the gods themselves. Perhaps that is what death is: a sensation of great, of extreme superiority. ↗

— Emil Cioran

#life_affirming #philosophy #death

We stand with the people of Taiwan and their democratic ways, and I am proud to be a part of reaffirming the unwavering commitment to the Taiwan Relations Act by the United States Congress. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#am #commitment #congress #democratic #i

I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it's really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#affirmative #also #believe #disenfranchised #good

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. ↗

— Simone Weil

#contemplation #degraded #faith #into #made

It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#clean #honest #meant #minimalist #music

That's why I believe that we must never fail to affirm that we are indeed one nation under God. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

#believe #fail #god #i #i believe

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#areas #creates #deserve #recognition #sense