Top Rationalization Quotes

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.

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle...

Rationalization Definition

(n.) The act or process of rationalizing.

The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs.

Darkness should never be an excuse to quit, for with God, darkness is the exact stuff that light was built for.

To incessantly blame others for my shortcomings is cowardice borne of fear, fed by fear, and haunted by fear. To be steadfastly accountable for my shortcomings is bravery borne of God, fed by God, and...

What makes humans special is our need to rationalize our actions.

We have become used to obstructionist ideas. In the name of modernisation we are unconsciously hindering the natural flow of life. The fact that we are irritated, depressed, and distressed speaks volu...

There is no law against delaying action to weigh it in thought.

Avoidance is paying forward that which I would be much wiser to pay off.

Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.

To be alone with myself in the space of silence is horrifying, for I know with the utmost certainty that in that space I will hear the very things that I constantly use the clamor to drown out. And so...

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

Your theology won't always work toward your obedience, because your use of theology is dictated by the condition of your heart. If your heart is not submitting to the plan of God, you will actually us...

When a pope's election could not be explained rationally, it was attributed to the Holy Ghost.

An educated theologian: someone who's better at rationalizing what they're pretending to know.

If someone were to propose that the planets go around the sun because all planet matter has a kind of tendency for movement, a kind of motility, let us call it an ‘oomph,’ this theory could explain a...

In a way, gluttony is an athletic feat, a stretching exercise.

Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment.

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

Some wanted to know where they could find girls, wanted us to get Negro girls for them. We learned to spot these from the moment they sat down, for they were immediately friendly and treated us with t...