“If I say, “I am weak,” I ensure that I stay weak. If I say, “I cannot,” “I’m not the type to,”… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
This woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
Whatever... you pretend... if any of you be a prayerless person, or a scoffer, or a lover of evil company, in a… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
I need the concept of mercy for me to have some semblance of self-admiration. So in real life, I'm probably somebody who… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
…maybe the whole Internet will simply become like Facebook: falsely jolly, fake-friendly, self-promoting, slickly disingenuous….” - Zadie Smith — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is failure to act when action is needed. Use the information that… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Of all the alchemies of human connection-sex and childbirth and marriage and friendship-the strangest is this: You can stand up and tell… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
Who is giving the orders to ants? No one. They are self-organizing. Each of our immune systems get smarter over the years… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Aikido can be summed up like this: True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly! (True victory) means unflinching courage; (self-victory)… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
The three branches of somaesthetics: the analytic study of the body's role in perception, experience, and action and thus in our mental,… — Richard Shusterman Copy Share Image
Time and again our best and brightest have alerted society to looming problems, but our persistent pattern has been to ignore the… — Eugene Linden Copy Share Image
I felt permanently exiled from 'normality.' Whether imposed by self or society, this outsider status - and not the disability itself -… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
The more people participate in the process of their own education, and the more people participate in defining what kind of production… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
By travelling across frontiers, on horseback and in the imagination, Montaigne invited us to to exchange local prejudices and the self division… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and… — Donald T. Phillips Copy Share Image
Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
“To remain strong in the effect as the Self (Swaparinaam) such that, ‘This is an effect of the non-Self (parparinaam) and it is not My effect;’… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance,… — Simon Conway Morris Copy Share Image
Determine where you are and where you wish to be. Then use all of your self-effort to make that happen, following the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Worldly life means [state of continuous] agitation and uneasiness. What makes one like it, it is a wonder in itself!” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Find your self love. Find that precious thing inside you that makes you want to live. And when you’ve found it, hold… — Valjeanne Jeffers Copy Share Image
I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
When you step further into the story you came to live, not only does the mythic territory open, but the deep self… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
Self-rule means that China must stop its intensive effort to colonize Tibet with Chinese settlers and must allow Tibetans to hold responsible… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Where there is no expectation of not even a single thing, there arises the (independent) bliss (that which does not depend upon… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self. Live and die with it 'cause in… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I actually finally let the Light in and then I was able to create all these songs that were inspired by letting… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence,… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Self-love makes our friends appear more or less deserving in proportion to the delight we take in them, and the measures by… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Not everyone is always going to like you. What impresses one person may turn another away. To thine own self be true.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
You know how great villains just believe in what they're doing? In their minds they're not villains, they're not doing anything wrong;… — Jessica Biel Copy Share Image
It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“In a loud world, we begin to lose our sense of self, not because it's missing, but because we can no longer… — Egbearor Favour Copy Share Image