Marie Calloway has a very specific literary personality that the reader is intrigued by: she's masochistic, loves to experiment, is quickly bored… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I, of whom I know nothing, I know my eyes are open, because of the tears that pour from them unceasingly. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In the business world, I did fairly well, but wasn't happy. A bout of sciatica put me flat on my back. All… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
A life that stood out as a gospel of self-forgetting service. He could have added fortune to fame but caring for neither… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
For me right now I think being the world number one is a bigger deal than being the world champion because I… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
To be intuitive, we must cultivate our sense of humor and look for reasons to laugh everywhere. We become so self-absorbed and… — Sonia Choquette Copy Share Image
The liberating encounter with God/ess is always an encounter with our authentic selves resurrected from underneath the alienated self. It is not… — Rosemary Radford Ruether Copy Share Image
Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or… — Phil Vischer Copy Share Image
God bless him, I mean a lot of times you get non-actors on a set and they get really self-conscious, especially when… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I really think that if there's any one enemy to human creativity, especially creative writing, its self-consciousness. And if you have one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Very few men can be genuinely happy in a life involving continual self-assertion against the skepticism of the mass of mankind, unless… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Dare to be different. Dare to accept yourself for who YOU are. Dare to live your life without limits. Dare to follow… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Happy Tuesday! We are responsible for peace and order in our lives! When your world is CONSTANTLY filled with chaos, then it's… — Tracey Edmonds Copy Share Image
“Something similar to us always create a kind of fear in us, because we are often afraid of seeing our true self!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Of all the hurdles you will need to face in this life time the hardest will be your self imposed limitations — Jan Hellriegel Copy Share Image
The truth is, I can’t read anything with any distance. Every book is a self-help book to me. Just having them makes… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The tendencies of the times favor the idea of self-government, and leave the individual, for all code, to the rewards and penalties… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girl”? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
When we learn to read, it's a real product of civilization and a civilized society. It affects your brain. It affects the… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to… — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
One thing I hate about the New Deal is that it is killing what, to me, is the American pioneering spirit. I… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image