No one but myself knows the anxiety I go through and the trouble I give myself to finish paintings which do not… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
She couldn't steal herself back from Randa only to give herself away again - belong to another person, be answerable to another… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front… — Tommy Shaw Copy Share Image
The most important thing in the world is that you make yourself a loving person, because this is what you will be… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
If you can see them [the terrorists] as a relative who's dangerously sick and we have to give them medicine and the… — Richard Gere Copy Share Image
when I first began this diary I said I would give a record of my inner life. I begin to wonder if… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again,… — Dave Allen Copy Share Image
I like being a musician that's also a fly on the wall. I like people coming in the room and doing what… — Travis Morrison Copy Share Image
The world that is coming toward us out of time is going to be very much richer in a mental sense because… — Benjamin Lee Whorf Copy Share Image
I find the positive in the negative all the time. Any time you give something power, it wins, and it can continuously… — Monica Denise Brown Copy Share Image
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural,… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
A free society is a society in which all traditions have equal rights and equal access to the centers of power. A… — Paul Feyerabend Copy Share Image
Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I give priority to up-bringing over education because the ultimate goal of up-bringing is morals, and we have a more urgent need… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually… — Vivek Wadhwa Copy Share Image
I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
I think we have to give religion its due. I think we have to respect those for whom religion is important, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Awkwardness gives me great comfort. I've never been cool, but I've felt cool. I've been in the cool place, but I wasn't… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“If you feel like giving up, give up on that feeling and give into the realization there are endless possibilities waiting to… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself. — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations. — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Even trained for years as they all had been in precision of language, what words could you use which would give another… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
It is the Divine Presence that gives value to life. This Presence is the source of all peace, all joy, all security.… — Mirra Alfassa Copy Share Image
You’ve got to give great tools to small teams. Pick good people, use small teams and give them great tools so that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
No matter if I have a job for one weekend or for the next year, or three years, I'm going to drive… — Buddy Rice Copy Share Image
A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons. — Harvey Penick Copy Share Image
When you come to a dark valley, a difficult season or a sickness, don't worry about it, God will give you the… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
The most valuable gifts a human can give to others are sharing and caring. Share what you have, care for whom you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I say that when you elect a president you want a man to manage the legitimate business of your government. The government… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Talents give a man a superiority far more agreeable than that which proceeds from riches, birth, or employments, which are all external.… — Charles Rollin Copy Share Image
Giving a veteran a flag is not a substitute for giving our vets the quality health care they were promised — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no one can give up what he… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The outflow that comes from giving of oneself opens the door to spiritual unfoldment while the attitude of taking locks it. — Harold Klemp Copy Share Image