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Demoralizing Quotes

What quietly wears down spirit and resolve

These quotes warn that wealth's demoralizing influence can threaten liberty just as much as poverty ever could.

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either.

Quotes by Paul Auster

We all want prosperity, but not at the expense of liberty. Poverty is not as great a danger to liberty as is wealth, with its corrupting, demoralizing influences. Let us never have a Government at Washington owing its retention to...

Quotes by Joseph Pulitzer

If you're just dunking by yourself, it's really nothing special. You have to dunk on someone - then you feel like you're demoralizing them.

Quotes by JaVale McGee

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

Quotes by Edmund Wilson

America Quotes

Man, anytime the ball goes through the basket. It doesn't matter if it's a jumper or a drive. Any time the ball goes through the basket, and it's going through consistently, it's demoralizing for any opponent.

Quotes by Dwyane Wade

Seeing your baby in pain and seeing them crying and that sort of thing, and you're tired, and you can do nothing about it - that's, like, one of the most demoralizing things I can think of.

Quotes by Daniel Bryan

When political leaders fail to denounce anti-Semitic violence and slurs, the void is not only demoralizing to the victims, but silence actually enables the wrongdoing. Silence by elected officials in particular conveys approval - or at least acquiescence - and...

Quotes by Chris Smith

Insisting that we must tax and take and demonize those who have already achieved the American Dream. That may turn out to be a good re-election strategy for President Obama, but is a demoralizing message for America.

Quotes by Chris Christie

Only let the North exert as much moral influence over the South, as the South has exerted demoralizing influence over the North, and slavery would die amid the flame of Christian remonstrance, and faithful rebuke, and holy indignation.

Quotes by Angelina Grimke

American Dream Quotes

Those plays are winning plays, getting those blocks. Somebody's trying to dunk the ball and you get a block and that's demoralizing for the guy that tried to dunk the basketball.

Quotes by Andre Drummond

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these demoralizing quotes cover?
They cover wealth's corrupting effects, competitive rivalry, and how a modest income can feel discouraging.
Do the quotes discuss wealth as demoralizing?
Yes, one warns that wealth's corrupting influence can threaten liberty as much as poverty does.
Is sport or competition mentioned here?
Yes, one describes the demoralizing feeling of being dunked on in basketball.
Do the quotes connect income and demoralization?
Yes, one calls a small but adequate income more demoralizing than having very little at all.
Where can I find more quotes about the American Dream?
Check our American Dream quotes collection for related reflections on wealth and ambition.

Others find demoralizing moments in competition, describing how dunking on a rival feels different from a routine believe-driven win.