Assuming Quotes

“True saddness is when someone still thinks your the same person after all these years. They brand you because of their own ego, fear and lack of spirituality. What's sadder is when they are Christian.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Why do people assume? If I hate you, I'll tell you. In this case, it's not hate. It's hurt. I'll lick my wounds, which only oozed because I gave a damn, and be over it before the sun rises.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say — because they were too obvious.”
― André Gide, Journals 1889-1949

“Assumptions equal a loss of pride and the sting of defeat.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“Assess before you Assume”
― Lyle Kwiatkowski

“Loners live among the mob, so the mob mistakes us for its own, presuming and assuming. When the mob gets too close, the truth is revealed. Running or walking away, chased or free, any which way, we tell the mob in effect I don't need you.”
― Anneli Rufus, Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto

“Assuming is a form of giving away your power to another regarding an outcome that concerns you.”
― Molly Friedenfeld, The Book of Simple Human Truths

“Assumption is one dreadful and incurable disease, which sticks to the soul and wiggles across the skin.”
― Aniruddha Sastikar

“Rather than assuming make sure before you speak about the fact. Glory lies in your intentions.”
― Kishore Bansal

“If I have attached anything to sacrifice other than loss, I have at some level assumed a pay-off. And if I’ve assumed a pay-off, I’m only assuming a sacrifice.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Life is something like innumerable layers, leaving us wrongly assuming that the first or even the second layer is the essence of the thing.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough, The Eighth Page: A Christmas Journey

“The minute a giver realizes that the majority of people did not need help, they were just taking advantage of their kindness, they stop helping, even in cases where others now require real help, because they end up assuming everyone is an ungrateful taker, based on their experience. It is very important for a giver to learn the art of giving so that they can give well and not be taken advantage of.”
― ThandazoPerfectKhumalo

“Nu ar trebui să ne bazăm pe validările celorlalți mereu, este necesar să ne asumăm și noi deciziile pe care le luăm și acțiunile pe care le facem, fără să ne comportăm ca niște prințese nesigure, inocente, mereu aflate în căutarea atenției celorlalți.
Pentru că nu e realist și nici fezabil să trăim așa.”
― Andrei Cristian, Epoca îndreptățirii

“At this point, I'm just assuming everyone wants you dead.'

'Does that include you?'

'No.' There wasn't even a second of hesitation. 'But it doesn't mean I'm safe.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“A person's assumptions reveal who they are, more than the words they utter.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“What do women want at that time of the month?" He clapped his hands together. "We have the answer."
"Oh yes, please," Daisy muttered. "Mansplain to us what we want at that time of the month."
"We've done some preliminary market research," Brad said. "Women want to feel excited about pulling out a box of menstrual products each month, something to distract them from the unpleasant side effects." He clicked to a slide of a woman standing on a beach with a huge smile on her face and a box of pads in her hand.
Unpleasant side effects. Daisy choked back a snort.
"This is our vision." Brad's next slide featured a woman with long blond hair, dressed only in a piece of pink chiffon, straddling an unsaddled white horse with a pink horn attached to its head. Ribbons fluttering from its mane, the horse galloped through a field of flowers toward a rainbow in a purple sky.
Is he serious? Mia mouthed.”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan

“Knowing is giving beliefs credibility beyond just imagining, assuming, or supporting an acquired thought learned casually from other people.”
― Steven Redhead, Life Is A Circus

“Assuming all police officers are corrupt from the outset may save your life in a toxic encounter.”
― Steven Magee

“The big mistake I made when dating was assuming all women I met were straight.”
― Steven Magee

“Assuming without asking, claiming without proving, concluding without knowing can reveal the true heart of a pretty false person.”
― loren weisman