Becoming Quotes · Page 22

After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Mankind is becoming a single unit, and that for a unit to fight against itself is suicide.

— Havelock Ellis

The magic of fiction seems to be the more specific you are, the more universal you end up becoming.

— Shyam Selvadurai

I didn't do it the traditional way of being an assistant first and then becoming a head coach.

— Penny Hardaway

I have always had a dread of becoming a passenger in life.

— Anonymous

Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

— Shannon Hale

When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

— Byron Katie

Vice does not lose its character by becoming fashionable.

— John Wesley

If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being…

— Pope Francis

It sounds creepy, but I always liked the idea of disappearing then becoming something new. That of course was before I disappeared.

— Elizabeth Hand

The more we walk the path first while becoming last and least in our organizations, the more we become like the Alpha…

— Dan B. Allender

I learned so much from my life as an actor, as a kid actor through being an adult actor, and then becoming…

— Pamela Adlon

There are so many stories about boys becoming heroes, learning their powers and becoming incredibly heroic. There have to be those stories…

— Cassandra Clare

I would say love is something everybody talks about, and the need for love is one of the most basic needs of…

— Erich Fromm

I am the worst at doing my hair. I have no clue how to do it; I just feel like I need…

— Kourtney Kardashian

I just dove into the Scriptures and started memorizing different scriptures and started becoming as much as possible a part of the…

— Tim Scott

We should not laugh at the person who becoming caught up in his prayer bends his body or moves about in strange…

— Baal Shem Tov

If you've been preached to, if you've been educated, if you've been raised to believe that America is the most racist, the…

— Rush Limbaugh

I also had a will that let me eliminate everything that stood in the way of my becoming the best dancer I…

— Twyla Tharp

The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life,…

— Henry Williamson

One atom in this universe cannot move without dragging the whole world along with it. There cannot be any progress without the…

— Swami Vivekananda

Gratitude is of the very essence of worship. ... When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Be willing to dream, and imagine yourself becoming all that you wish to be. Keep in mind the basic axiom -- all…

— Wayne Dyer

I see a lot of young female performers who do not call themselves feminist, but would certainly believe in their own right…

— Ani DiFranco

Most English speakers do not have the writer's short fuse about seeing or hearing their language brutalized. This is the main reason,…

— Russell Baker

That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God,…

— Swami Vivekananda

The modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as…

— David Edward

"My #1 guiding principle for a successful life (learned from J Brad Britton): "Do the right thing; not the easy thing." Everyday,…

— Hal Elrod

I have fantasy jobs like working in retail at a department store just selling rich housewives outfits and saying 'this looks fabulous…

— Mike Ness

A lot of college graduates approach me about becoming screenwriters. I tell them, 'Do not become a screenwriter, become a journalist,' because…

— Nora Ephron

So, how do you get back to heaven? To begin with, just notice the thoughts that take you away from it. You…

— Byron Katie

When you view marketing from the vantage point of the guerrilla, you realize that it’s your opportunity to help your prospects and…

— Jay Conrad Levinson

When you reach the point of becoming independent of external events, you’re truly free.

— Steve Pavlina

I take a dose of mathematics every day to prevent my brain from becoming quite soft.

— George Eliot

Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

— Swami Vivekananda

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

— Dallas Willard

I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

— Dirk Nowitzki

I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.

— John Leguizamo

Becoming a superstar takes about 10,000 hours of hard work.

— Seth Godin

Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford.

— Julia Child