Ourselves Quotes

1703 Ourselves quotes by 1336 unique authors

The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything… — Ryan Gosling
I find male singers and what they sing about fascinating. It makes me realize how little we know about ourselves and how little I know… — Ellie Goulding
Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves. — Billy Graham
I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the… — Martha Graham
If anything, we should feel sorry for the people who want us to feel bad about ourselves, because they are the ones struggling for approval.… — Ariana Grande
Many different planets are many different distances from their host star; we find ourselves at this distance because if we were closer or farther away,… — Brian Greene
Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our… — Brian Greene
Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who… — Graham Greene
This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experiences the splendor of nature, the… — Jeff Greenfield
Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in… — Francesco Guicciardini
Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct. — Edwin Louis Cole
I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I think a lot… — Joan Collins
In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.' — Phil Collins
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and… — Confucius
In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility. — Joseph Conrad
The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves,… — Joseph Conrad
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. — Mason Cooley
You can't get the visual thing on the record as much as you'd like to. We produced this album, and we'd never done that before,… — Alice Cooper
Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for… — Julio Cortazar
When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in… — Kevin Costner
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. — William Cowper
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. — Quentin Crisp
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe… — Marie Curie
There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really… — Louis C. K.
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. — E E Cummings

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