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4068 His Own quotes by 2185 unique authors
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It is altogether unlawful to kill oneself... Wherefore suicide is contrary to the inclination of nature, and to charity whereby every man should love himself...…
— Thomas Aquinas
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The Chinese soldier was tough, brave, and experienced. After all he had been fighting on his own without help for years. He was a veteran…
— William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
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The fact, however, to which I want to call attention is that the master of Judo never relies upon his own strength. He scarcely uses…
— Lafcadio Hearn
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I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the…
— Lafcadio Hearn
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In Heaven, to look into God's eyes will be to see what we've always longed to see: the person who made us for His own…
— Randy Alcorn
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Love is swift, sincere, pious, joyful, generous, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking its own; for wheresoever a person seeketh his own,…
— Thomas a Kempis
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Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.
— Friedrich Schiller
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The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for…
— Arleigh Burke
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The champion makes his own luck.
— Earl Blaik
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The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others.
— Dennis Weaver
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He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.
— Mark Twain
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Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you…
— Samuel Johnson
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I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man cannot live and…
— Laurens van der Post
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Every man if he so desires becomes sculptor of his own brain.
— Santiago Ramon y Cajal
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There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
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He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.
— Thomas Paine
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The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows it to realize its supreme purpose…
— Carl Jung
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He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave.
— Aristotle
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At birth, the child leaves a person - his mother's womb - and this makes him independent of her bodily functions. The baby is next…
— Maria Montessori
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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
— William Penn
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What is this self-inside us, this silent observer, severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us, and urge us onto futile activity, and in the…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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Long customs are not easily broken; he that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain; and how shall…
— Samuel Johnson
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