Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

Acting without design, occupying oneself without making a business of it, finding the great in what is small and the many in the few, repaying… — Laozi
Courage lies in being oneself, in showing complete independence, in loving what one loves, in discovering the deep roots of one's feelings. — Unknown Author
I feel that it is no less interesting to be a trainer than to play oneself. I even take greater delight in the tournament successes… — Mark Dvoretsky
True power is not in trying to gain power; true power is in becoming power. But how to become power? It requires an attempt to… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
One shouldnt ask oneself how a person flies or why, but simply start flying. — Unknown Author
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living - to personally devote oneself… — Chuck Feeney
One gains by losing self for others and not by hoarding for oneself. — Watchman Nee
Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way. — Gustav Mahler
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness - the feeling that someone is trying… — Stephen Grosz
One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control. — Isabelle Adjani
One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent? — Leon Kass
Of course the other and more serious way in which it all happens is that one finds in poems and language some quality one appropriates… — Robert Fitzgerald
RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself. — Ambrose Bierce
I would hope that we can load our moral computers with three elements of integrity: 1. Dealing justly with oneself. 2. Dealing justly with others.… — James E. Faust
It's not by amusing oneself that one learns. — Anatole France
If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all. — Gautama Buddha
Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense of belonging to… — Alexander Lowen
It's one thing to ask your bank manager for an overdraft to buy 500 begonias for the borders in Haslemere, but quite another to seek… — Jeffrey Bernard
Sanity is to be found in accurate honesty to oneself. — Unknown Author
Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself. — Frank Herbert
One is called a criminal for being different, and malicious for observing other people with too much clarity and penetration. But what if one began… — Andre Suares
Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is… — Epicurus
I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself. — Charles de Gaulle
To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity. — Brand Blanshard

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