Own Problems Quotes

103 quotes by 97 authors

If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from… — Lillian Hellman
The studies indicate that focusing our attention on someone else, takes our mind off of our own problems. We stay healthier and thereby live longer. — Allen Klein
I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even know if documentary… — Gus Van Sant
Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of… — James Surowiecki
... He had always rather liked emergencies. Other people's at any rate. They put your own problems into perspective. It was like being on a… — Mark Haddon
When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American… — Stephen Ambrose
Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is. — Wendelin Van Draanen
Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large.… — Daniel Goleman
I decided early in graduate school that I needed to do something about my moods. It quickly came down to a choice between seeing a… — Kay Redfield Jamison
The leftist is anti-individualistic... He is not the sort of person who has an inner sense of confidence in his own ability to solve his… — Theodore Kaczynski
Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it's because we're too wrapped up in our own problems. — Lauren Myracle
Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of others. They react… — Melody Beattie
One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy. Your parents want… — Sam Lipsyte
I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures. — Anne Frank
There is a myth, sometimes widespread, that a person need only do inner work...that a man is entirely responsible for his own problems; and that… — Christopher Alexander
The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being… — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
There are so many awful things in this world, but I wanted readers to share with me the small, beautiful, enjoyable things. Things like cute… — Novala Takemoto
We have no quarrel with America. We all know NATO is the strongest military machine in the world. We simply want them to stop being… — Slobodan Milosevic
One of the reasons I got into acting to begin with is that I was trying to figure out how life worked. It was interesting… — Michael Shannon

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