Himself Quotes

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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly… — Hannah Arendt
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good… — Aristotle
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in… — Aristotle
Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and… — Johann Arndt
Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate… — Antonin Artaud
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for… — Bashar al-Assad
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on… — Marcus Aurelius
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The… — Marcus Aurelius
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only… — Sri Aurobindo
I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself. — Teresa of Avila
A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in… — Teresa of Avila
The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands… — Ibrahim Babangida
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he… — Irving Babbitt
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest… — Francis Bacon
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of… — Francis Bacon
Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any… — Robert Baden-Powell
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. — Robert Baden-Powell

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