His Own Quotes
4068 quotes by 2274 authors
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought…
— Chinua Achebe
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
— Saint Augustine
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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
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Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life…
— Emilie Autumn
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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
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Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend…
— Teresa of Avila
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and…
— Irving Babbitt
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We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right in his own…
— Michele Bachmann
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
— Francis Bacon
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to…
— Walter Bagehot
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He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.
— Abu Bakr
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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes…
— James A. Baldwin
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So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say,…
— Christian Bale
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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
— Henry Adams
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Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the…
— Dave Barry
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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
— John Barth
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Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life…
— Bruce Barton
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Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to…
— Bruce Barton
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
— Joseph Addison
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