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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. — Susan B. Anthony
I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth.… — Susan B. Anthony
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. — Antisthenes
Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining… — Devon Aoki
For a while after the rape, I was afraid of my own sexuality, because I got raped right about the time when I started developing… — Fiona Apple
I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons. — Fiona Apple
Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in… — Thomas Aquinas
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of… — Thomas Aquinas
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. — Thomas Aquinas
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. — John Arbuthnot
They say it's the white man I should fear, But it's my own kind doin' all the killin' here. — Tupac Shakur
Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish? — Marcus Aurelius
Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose. — Thomas Jefferson
The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket. — Robert A. Heinlein
I do not feel any contempt for an atheist, who is often a man limited and constrained by his own logic to a very sad… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is the main earthly business of a human being to make his home, and the immediate surroundings of his home, as symbolic and significant… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Our society is so abnormal that the normal man never dreams of having the normal occupation of looking after his own property. When he chooses… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I also survived circumcision, a barbaric practice designed to remind you as early as possible that your genitals are not your own. — George Carlin
The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God. — Watchman Nee
Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our own "Victory" over sin than… — Jerry Bridges
Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay… — Albert Schweitzer
There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.... Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience… — John Dewey
Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone else. The important… — Daisaku Ikeda
Envying another's beauty will diminish your own. But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens. — Daisaku Ikeda
Attitude is an important part of the foundation upon which we build a productive life. A good attitude produces good results, a fair attitude poor… — M. Russell Ballard

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