Short quotations about, ourselves - Page 2

Lawrence Sterne

To have respect for ourselves guide…

13 Oct , 2011  

To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners. Great short quote and quotation by: Lawrence Sterne , Irish novelist & satirist (1713 – 1768)

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Peter McWilliams, Life 101

To use fear as the friend it is, we…

13 Oct , 2011  

To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves…We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is here–with its gift of energy and heightened awareness–so we can do our best and learn the most in the new situation. Great short quote and quotation by: Peter McWilliams, Life 101 […]

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Virtue is a state of war, and to li…

15 Feb , 2011  

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Jean-Jacques Rousseau ,

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Harold Nicolson

We are all inclined to judge oursel…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts. Great short quote and quotation by: Harold Nicolson ,

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We are generally the better persuad…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. Great short quote and quotation by: Blaise Pascal , French mathematician, physicist (1623 – 1662)

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Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We are more interested in making ot…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We are never deceived; we deceive o…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

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Jerome Seymour Bruner

We are only now on the threshold of…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the educatability of man — the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed ourselves to this problem before. Great short quote and quotation by: Jerome Seymour Bruner ,

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Francis J. Braceland, O Magazine, April 2003

We can be sure that the greatest ho…

15 Feb , 2011  

We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Francis J. Braceland, O Magazine, April 2003 ,

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Thomas Troward

We can gradually grow into any cond…

15 Feb , 2011  

We can gradually grow into any condition we desire, provided we first make ourselves in habitual mental attitude the person who corresponds to those conditions. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Troward ,

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We cannot live only for ourselves. …

15 Feb , 2011  

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. Great short quote and quotation by: Herman Melville , US novelist & sailor (1819 – 1891)

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Lynn Hall, Where Have All the Tigers Gone?, 1989

We did not change as we grew older;…

15 Feb , 2011  

We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Lynn Hall, Where Have All the Tigers Gone?, 1989 ,

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