A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A community is a butcher and a doctor, a minister, a town troublemaker. A "community" is not a bunch of people united… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
The art of conversation, or the qualification for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“A self-leader cries for no followers by himself. He does his thing and people get to know him, chase him and learn… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Being self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside. It starts with the rest of the world and leads back to you.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone see how awesome you are? If you can't… — Simpleman Copy Share Image
“Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Given Freudian assumptions about the nature of children and the biological predestination of mothers, it is unthinkable for mothers voluntarily to leave… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I think a lot of things will be self-correcting, even in America. After all, human societies are essentially self-organizing emergent systems. The… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from the Earth… — Joseph Glanvill Copy Share Image
It occurred to Dr. Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or… — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
“Where there is (consideration for) merit karma and demerit karma; true religion is indeed not present there. There is no merit or… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Theres no hope, none, of ever talking about it without pissing somebody, if not everybody, off...By the end of this hour I… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I think if my eight-year-old self could see me at the Royal Albert Hall winning a prize for playing the Doctor on… — David Tennant Copy Share Image
No enterprise, small or large, public or private, can remain self-governing, let alone successful, so deeply in hock to others as we… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image
Appearance is the most public part of the self. It is our sacrament, the visible self that the world assumes to be… — Nancy Etcoff Copy Share Image
The gulfing whale was like a dot in the spell. Yet look upon it, and 'twould size and swell To its huge… — William Blake Copy Share Image
If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Peace must begin within self before there can come action or self application in a way to bring peace-even in thine own… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
God be thanked for that good and perfect gift, the gift unspeakable: His life, His love, His very self in Jesus Christ. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
True ecstasy is stepping out of the bondage of the time-bound, space-bound world. We long to be free of fear and limitation.… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Promiscuity does not scare me as long as she is savvy and self possessed when puberty comes to call. My aim is… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
I need eight hours to get maybe 20 minutes of work done. I had one of those yesterday: seven hours of self-loathing. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
We pass through hundreds, thousands, perhaps millions of existences. In each lifetime, we're exploring another part of our own self, which is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
It costs something to be a true Christian. It will cost us our sins, our self-righteousn ess, our ease and our worldliness. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom,… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Self-indulgence leads only to misery. Nothing great or even worthwhile is ever accomplished without struggle through adversity and self-sacrifice — Maryam Jameelah Copy Share Image
I used to be super self-conscious about my height. I mean, going everywhere and someone just looking at you - you're never… — Willie Cauley-Stein Copy Share Image
“Prakruti (relative self) does not improve or come under control through fear or intimidation. Fear or intimidation is what has given rise… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The search for total knowledge starts from the Self and finds its fulfillment in coming back to the Self, finding that everything… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
The technology of mass production is inherently violent, ecologically damaging, self-defeating in terms of non-renewable resources, and stultifying for the human person. — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Humour breaks down boundaries, it topples our self-importance, it connects people, and because it engages and entertains, it ultimately enlightens. — John Agard Copy Share Image
