I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such… — Preston Brooks Copy Share Image
We are aware that the order of God requires the exercise of humility, but not of servility of slaves; but a humility… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
In many parts of the Islamic world, secular forces, where they exist, tend to be so unsure of themselves, so lacking in… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
A feeling of continuous growth is a wonderful source of motivation and self confidence. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Before music videos first came out, you’d listen to a song with headphones on, sitting in a beanbag chair with your eyes… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's a struggle to get over self-love first. Sometimes in this struggle for love, we give up, or lose everything, and… — J. California Cooper Copy Share Image
The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
It is hard to bear with people who stand still along the way, lose heart, and seek their happiness in little pleasures… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Free passion is radiation without a radiator, a fluid, pervasive warmth that flows effortlessly. It is not destructive because it is a… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
[Hillary Clinton] sort of very cautious kind of uncomfortable, clumsy interaction with the black lives movement, who are very smart in recognizing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The 7 Principles for Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desires 1. You are a ripple in the fabric of the cosmos 2. Through the… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
There was one of his lonelinesses coming, one of those times when he walked the streets or sat, aimless and depressed, biting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Remember that Divinity is the true self of Man. It cannot be sold for gold; neither can it be heaped up as… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The completeness of this transformation appalled me. It was unlike anything I had imagined. I became two men, the serving one, and… — John Howard Griffin Copy Share Image
Never say you're happy when you're sad. Never say you're fine when you're not okay. Never say you feel good when you… — Baby Boo Copy Share Image
A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work,… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Were you somebody different a thousand years ago? Will you be somebody different a thousand years from now? What is this One… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense… — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
Self acceptance is one of the most difficult and one of the most rewarding goals you can accomplish. — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
Finding out what you’re good at, and doing it to the best of your ability, is the route to self-respect. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why… — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being. — Robert Silverberg Copy Share Image
Just as the self of the human being is the centerpoint of the plurality of manifestations of his life of soul, so… — Valentin Tomberg Copy Share Image
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Most people, when directly confronted by evidence that they are wrong, do not change their point of view or course of action… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
Painting has always been a means of self-expression for me. Therefore, I paint because I have to and need to, not necessarily… — Lori Earley Copy Share Image
I tell of hearts and souls and dances... Butterflies and second chances; Desperate ones and dreamers bound, Seeking life from barren ground,… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
[C]ultivated risk-taking represents an 'experiment with trust' (in the sense of basic trust) which consequently has implications for an individual's self-identity. (...)… — Anthony Giddens Copy Share Image