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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
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look. — Martha Beck
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead of their own… — Martha Beck
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. — Joseph Addison
A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our… — Robert Foster Bennett
I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself. — Venerable Bede
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. — Henry Ward Beecher
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry… — Henry Ward Beecher
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. — Henry Ward Beecher
With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. — Joseph Addison
There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You… — Berenice Abbott
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven
There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. — Brendan Behan
She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand. — Saul Bellow
The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own… — Pope Benedict XVI
We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other… — Pope Benedict XVI
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences… — Pope Benedict XVI
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord. — Pope Benedict XVI
To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter, could function on its own;… — Pope Benedict XVI
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission. — Arnold Bennett
Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated… — Warren G. Bennis
I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much… — A. C. Benson
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. — Ezra Taft Benson
Our mothers put God first when they fill their highest mission within the walls of their own homes. — Ezra Taft Benson
A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman… — Ezra Taft Benson

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