Sentences with phrase «defeatist who»

There is manufactured conflict between Ray and an outspoken defeatist who dismisses everyone else's ideas.

Now I can only guess the identity of the defeatists who have «left the front lines to read books in the library and argue causes and effects in the coffee shop.»

Not exact matches

``... those who saw the risen Christ remained persuaded that life was worth living and death a triviality — an attitude curiously unlike that of the modern defeatist, who is firmly persuaded that life is a disaster and death (rather inconsistently) a major catastrophe.»

Both the lay defeatists, who lament that the Church pitiably lags behind its present day task, fails to act and time and time again backs the wrong horse, and the clerical triumphalists, who proclaim with ardent enthusiasm the principles of the Church and think that the mondo megliore would radiantly dawn provided these principles were generally accepted, underestimate theoretically and existentially the proper, religious function of the Church.

Someone else who is no defeatist may be of the opinion that the Church's ministry has not yet sufficiently thought out afresh these despised principles for them to be likely to be accepted.

Ok, I have a question for you defeatist people out there who actually up voted this nonsense.

That's a defeatist attitude We can offer them higher salaries if nothing else and who knows?

That's a defeatist remark yes we are poor now but when normal buisness resumes we will be there, it's just at the moment you can tell who is the week players and the back up is poor standard.

Jackson and Baker were joined in their chorus of criticism by Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who declared: «This is utterly defeatist and negative.

In his State of the State address in January, Gov. Mitch Daniels said the full implementation of the IREAD - 3 exam this year will «end the cruel, defeatist practice of passing children who can not read into fourth grade.»

The defeatist attitude of environmentalists who oppose all hydraulic fracturing belies the ingenuity of the American people.

Use your time and energy to network with the many, many others who are doing just that — instead of this defeatist whining.

@Emma4Change and the children who marched through the city streets last weekend simply refused to accept their parents» defeatist assumption that even a 75 percent majority in want of stricter firearm legislation (according to an NPR poll released last week) was impotent against the wishes of an all - powerful gun lobby.

Steadiness and routine will reassure any members of staff who feel negative about their futures and therefore tempted to develop a defeatist attitude.