Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as… — James Woods Copy Share Image
“The deeper I go into myself the more I realize that I am my own enemy.” — Floriano Martins Copy Share Image
If we have not struggled/as hard as we can/at our strongest/how will we sense/the shape of our losses/or know what sustains/us longest… — Kay Ryan Copy Share Image
To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Love and Loyalty If ever men and women are their simplest, sincerest selves, it is when suffering softens the one, and sympathy… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? -… — Thales Copy Share Image
If [being confident stems from] a self-esteem issue, it's important to embrace the things you might define as so-called imperfections - because… — John Slattery Copy Share Image
Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication.… — Barnett Newman Copy Share Image
Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your… — Phylicia Rashad Copy Share Image
What is self-control? It is nothing but a highly developed vital sense, dominating and regulating the mere appetites. To overlook the very… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Life is invisible. The illusion is that what we perceive is in some way not a reflection of self. Life reflects the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don't, you experience a sense of helplessness, paralysis, and depression-which is… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
I detest violence. I have a tremendous respect not only for human life but also for the animal life that I have… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness,… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
Hitler had a plausible case to argue when he claimed that the Anschluss was only the application of the Wilsonian principle of… — Alan Bullock Copy Share Image
Actors, who should pride themselves on their singularity, are forever trying to be someone else. It isn’t necessary for you, the actor,… — Michael Shurtleff Copy Share Image
People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Subjectivity is my middle name, a trick memory is my pack mule, and self-contradiction is my trusty old jackknife. — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
You're working not for the corporate interest, not for the government interest, not for your own self-interest. You have a higher calling. — Lynne Stewart Copy Share Image
Don't define your failure by looking at somebody's Success. Also don't define your Success by looking at somebody's failure. Set your own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whereas the only real solution to the race problem in this country is a solution that involves individual self improvement and collective… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
This self-reflection, this willingness to examine ourselves, to make corrections, to do better, that's part of what makes us Americans. It's part… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Nature never makes excellent things, for mean or no uses: and it is hardly to be conceived, that our infinitely wise Creator,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“In that little pocket-size world of his, he was the absolute master.” — Eileen Chang Copy Share Image
When it comes to cooking, five years ago I felt guilty "just adding water." Now I want to bang the tube against… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me. The man who… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer… — Kazuo Inamori Copy Share Image
Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Because golf exposes the flaws of the human swing - a basically simple maneuver - it causes more self-torture than any game… — Grantland Rice Copy Share Image
If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful. — Orla Brady Copy Share Image
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Hatha yoga is a powerful tool for self-transformation. It asks us to bring our attention to our breath, which helps us to… — Cyndi Lee Copy Share Image
America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you… — A. J. Jacobs Copy Share Image