Himself Quotes

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God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself. — Pierre Charron
It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly… — Johann Arndt
This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts,… — Johann Arndt
In contrast, Christianity, while acknowledging the presence of suffering, declares that life can be infinitely worth living and opens the way to eternal life in… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you… — Merrill Markoe
By his disobedience of God's law, before man had exercised his power to bring children into the earth, not only Adam lost everything for himself,… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. — Robin G. Collingwood
The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart. — Taiye Selasi
I hold communications with saints and angels, even with satan himself. — Elizabeth Barton
There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in… — Maria Bello
Obama likes to quote great men but will never be a great man himself. I can't stand it when our leader goes around apologizing for… — Samuel J. Wurzelbacher
Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself. — Horatio Nelson
I don't count that relationship with Ricky. It's just like a blip at this point. I had to fall in love with the devil himself… — Christie Brinkley
If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no… — Hortense Odlum
Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. — Laozi
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself. — Thomas a Kempis
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions… — Robertson Davies
God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He… — Giacomo Casanova
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary,… — Thomas Hobbes
The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a single awakening, they and he come… — Jacques Maritain

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