Best Own Sake Wisdom
211 Own Sake quotes by 172 unique authors
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The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features…
— Albert Einstein
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It is very hard to stay alive just for your own sake. It is very hard to stare into day after day without another familiar…
— David Levithan
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their…
— Aristotle
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Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not mean we will…
— Jack Kornfield
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I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina.
— Suzanne Farrell
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Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
— George Bernard Shaw
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Man exists for his own sake and not to add a laborer to the State.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law; 2) a religious:…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of…
— Antony Gormley
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When you work with web design companies in San Francisco, you end up with a bunch of twenty-somethings who have their own cultural peculiarities, including…
— Brenda Laurel
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill…
— Ian Anderson
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Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.
— Wole Soyinka
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Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend…
— Laura Wasser
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I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its…
— Peter Wright
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We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships,…
— Robert Falcon Scott
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I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for…
— Kenneth Branagh
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Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the…
— Tryon Edwards
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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its…
— George Bernard Shaw
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One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in…
— Diogenes
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Deliberately to pursue happinesss is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I doubt whether you will find…
— Robert J McCracken
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Have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake
— Robert Moses
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The era of humanism is over. Advanced people experience the era of post-humanism. Now human being is not under the values, he is above them.…
— Ilkin Santak
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A good boyfriend doesn't want u to change he accepts you as you are, but a concern one will change you for the better if…
— Joanne Lobedica
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But no matter what anyone has done to you, you have to let it go. You have to forgive them. For your own sake, release…
— Lheng Aguilar
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Working hard for our own sake No matter how much we feel tired its better for the future But dont forget to pray to God…
— Marianette Carbito
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