People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice,… — Kristi Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
Subjecting yourself to vigourous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it… — Mas Oyama Copy Share Image
Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“The world is the puzzle, itself. The one who solves this ‘puzzle’ attains the degree of Parmatma [the Absolute Supreme Self].” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Life is just masturbation in a sense, mentally. What people do is they just create a world out of their self-reflection. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
By reshaping or decorating our outer selves, we express our inner sense of self: 'I like that' becomes 'I'm like that.' — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
I have repeatedly stressed that the selfish impulses of man constitute a much less historic danger than his integrative tendencies. To put… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The really wonderful moments of joy in this world are not the moments of self-satisfaction, but self-forgetfulness. Standing on the edge of… — John Piper Copy Share Image
I think we have to go through everything we go through in our life, and I believe my purpose in life was… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
It must not be thought that the cowardly feeling of caution and uneasy self-preservation is innate in the English character. It is… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
“Describe how you’ve perceived yourself in the following situations over the past several months—with your significant other, at work, with the kids… — Brendon Burchard Copy Share Image
Tips can make someone a better writer but not necessarily a good writer. That's a larger package - a matter of character.… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
When was the last time you thanked you for always being there for you? Self appreciation soothes an aching soul. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures,… — Rob Pike Copy Share Image
I find drug use disrespectful, self destructive and weak. I want no part of it. I believe in complete respect for myself… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
Subjective time flows forward, the phenomenal self is embedded into this flow, an inner history unfolds. That it is why it is… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
Seldom can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still; Self-forgetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A human being is a spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is self? The self is a… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war. — George Washington Copy Share Image
If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Deepak Chopra, look at him. He's probably the most successful self-help guru in the world. I don't think he's struggling for any… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
If you can win complete mastery over self, you will easily master all else. To triumph over self is the perfect victory. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
I have to go," he said at last, getting to his feet. "I shouldn't even be here, but I cannot keep my… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is… — Robert Sternberg Copy Share Image
The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact… — Ernest Lawrence Copy Share Image
Those moments when you don't feel self-conscious, when you escape that, are when you produce something meaningful. — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
A more normal, mature way to think about it [my work] would be, Oh, I work on multiple projects at once and… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
I am a bad, wicked man, but I am practicing moral self-purification; I don't eat meat any more, I now eat rice… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
I think it's very interesting that [doctors] privilege the self that is saying, "I don't want to die," but want to discount… — Katy Butler Copy Share Image
I know what it's like to turn the page of a magazine and not see anyone like you. It takes a lot,… — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
I feel like I've been able to be my true self and discover what I can honestly bring to the table by… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image