I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close… — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Certainly the effort to remain unchanged, young, when the body gives so impressive a signal of change as the menopause, is gallant;… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A Creator is vision-focused and passion-motivated. To really live into your Creator self, you are called to do the inner work necessary… — David Emerald Womeldorff Copy Share Image
I wish there were shortcuts to wisdom and self-knowledge: cuter abysses or three-day spa wilderness experiences. Sadly, it doesn't work that way.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
But my dreaming self refuses to be consoled. It continues to wander, aimless, homeless, alone. It cannot be convinced of its safety… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
In my own professional work I have touched on a variety of different fields. I've done work in mathematical linguistics, for example,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Decades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social-emotiona l development at all ages. This is especially… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity; thoughts of… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Having children is not an act of God. It's not like you're walking down the street and pregnancy strikes you; children are… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Ignorance of ignorance, then, is that self-satisfied state of unawareness in which man, knowing nothing outside the limited area of his physical… — Manly Hall Copy Share Image
But music is reflection of self, we just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail. — Eminem Copy Share Image
We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams. I use… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal… — Annie Gottlieb Copy Share Image
When Israel says that it will recognise Palestinian rights and will withdraw from the West Bank and East Jerusalem and grant the… — Khaled Mashal Copy Share Image
When you come from your heart in the midst of your self and in your life, you’ll be like a salmon turning… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
Self-remembrance, awareness of 'I am' ripens him powerfully and speedily. Give up all ideas about yourself and simply be. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Although a firm swat could bring a recalcitrant child swiftly into line, the changes were usually external, lasting only as long as… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
it is rather depressing to think that one will still be oneself when one is dead, but I dare say one won't… — Angela Thirkell Copy Share Image
The great majority of the things we now make ourselves panicked about are self-created 'dangers' that exist almost entirely in our own… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve. — Tim Cook Copy Share Image
Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons. — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us.… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“But not forgiving yourself often becomes the root of severe self-loathing extreme self hatred and intense inhibitions. It will be next to… — Sue Augustine Copy Share Image
“Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self defense.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Togetherness, for me, means teamwork. It makes us reflect how completely dependent we are upon one another in our social and commercial… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self. — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
I thought I'd take style to its limit... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride. — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
If we really want to love, if we really want to live, we must love until it hurts . . . No… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
I get literally a physical sensation of low self-esteem that is a result of not engaging the world and getting comfortable that… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare… — Marshall Goldsmith Copy Share Image
My dogs, the only creatures on the planet marked by my singular nurturing imprint, have all turned out to be rude and… — Merrill Markoe Copy Share Image
Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
