Denial

Denial is a common tactic
that substitutes deliberate ignorance
for thoughtful planning.
-Charles Tremper
 
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
-C. Northcote Parkinson
 
A man must not deny his manifest abilities,
for that is to evade his obligations.
-William Feather
 
I would be a fool
to deny my own abilities.
-Julie Andrews
 
What could begin to deny self,
if there were not something in man different from self?
-William Law
 
All the different powers and qualities
that we need to exist in life are attainable
if we do not deny their existence in ourselves,
but when we deny that they exist in us,
then naturally life will deprive us of that gift which is our own.
-Hazrat Inayat Khan