Own Sense Quotes
58 quotes by 54 authors
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We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.
— Karen Armstrong
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I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own…
— Dalai Lama
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Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes,…
— Rollo May
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My loneliness...still comes over me sometimes...It's a liminal, lost sensation of having wandered wide, endless boulevards, among rows of orange trees, winter butterflies, seasons reversed…
— Marco Roth
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A Creator is vision-focused and passion-motivated. To really live into your Creator self, you are called to do the inner work necessary to find your…
— David Emerald Womeldorff
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Let us not seek to make it less monstrous, for our own convenience, our own sense of beauty, lest, awakened in one unthinkable hour, we…
— John Updike
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My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life.
— Nora Roberts
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My own sense of well-being and purpose in the world. That comes from studying the world feelingly, with empathy in my work. It comes from…
— Meryl Streep
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We shouldn't be copying what we see. We should try to find our own sense of style, to believe in ourselves.
— Donatella Versace
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By very definition this wilderness is a need. The idea of wilderness as an area without man's influence is man's own concept. Its values are…
— Howard Zahniser
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You can't give people pride, but you can provide the kind of understanding that makes people look to their inner strengths and find their own…
— Charleszetta Waddles
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The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
— Dalai Lama
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Maybe It's not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be…
— Eriq La Salle
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I am ashamed of a human race that can continue to allow the sordid ambitions of politicized groups who genuinely feel that right is on…
— Ralph Steadman
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Still, wouldn't you, even if entirely secure in your own sense of direction, be at least curious where others were heading, even as you struck…
— Peter Pouncey
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There are people who are so full of common sense that they haven't the slightest cranny left for their own sense.
— Miguel de Unamuno
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Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being…
— Janet Suzman
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One thing that the white man can never give the black man is self respect. The black man in the ghettos, have to start self…
— Malcolm X
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My bathroom is filled with hair and makeup stuff and I play with it all the time. What the real lesson is, is that you…
— Tracee Ellis Ross
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No individual can be in full control of his fate-our strengths come significantly from our history, our experiences largely from the vagaries of chance. But…
— Howard Gardner
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