Being Quotes

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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations… — Saint Augustine
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but… — Saint Augustine
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to… — Jane Austen
To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being. — Jane Austen
Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. — Jane Austen
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the… — Jane Austen
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of… — Jane Austen
You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time,… — Paul Auster
For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God. — Teresa of Avila
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply… — Teresa of Avila
Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in. — Dan Aykroyd
I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the… — Dan Aykroyd
Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with. — Jensen Ackles
The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the… — Edward Bach
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but… — Richard Bach
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however. — Richard Bach

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