Short quotations about, ourselves - Page 3

Arthur Schopenhauer

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselv…

15 Feb , 2011  

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. Great short quote and quotation by: Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher (1788 – 1860)

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We forfeit three-fourths of ourselv…

15 Feb , 2011  

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people. Great short quote and quotation by: Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher (1788 – 1860)

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We find it hard to apply the knowle…

15 Feb , 2011  

We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that we never love without reservations and never hate with all our being cannot prevent us from seeing others as wholly black or white. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric […]

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Richard Bach, One

We generate our own environment. We…

15 Feb , 2011  

We generate our own environment. We get exactly what we deserve. How can we resent the life weve created for ourselves? Whos to blame, whos to credit, but us? Who can change it anytime we wish, but us? Great short quote and quotation by: Richard Bach, One ,

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We have all a better guide in ourse…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. Great short quote and quotation by: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park , English novelist (1775 – 1817)

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Arnold Toynbee

We have been God-like in our planne…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Arnold Toynbee , English historian & historical philosopher (1889 – 1975)

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We have staked the whole future of …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according […]

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James Madison, (attributed)

We have staked the whole future of …

15 Feb , 2011  

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according […]

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Edward Gibbon

We improve ourselves by victories o…

15 Feb , 2011  

We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win. Great short quote and quotation by: Edward Gibbon , English historian of Rome (1737 – 1794)

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Stephen Covey

We immediately become more effectiv…

15 Feb , 2011  

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Stephen Covey ,

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We judge ourselves by what we feel …

15 Feb , 2011  

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , US poet (1807 – 1882)

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Longfellow

We judge ourselves by what we feel …

15 Feb , 2011  

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Great short quote and quotation by: Longfellow ,

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