Own Terms Quotes

148 quotes by 137 authors

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. — Gerry Adams
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. — Elizabeth Bowen
I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace. — Christina Aguilera
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring… — Angela Carter
One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all. — Sun Tzu
Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished forever. — Gail Godwin
We only begin to live life when we learn to accept it on its own terms. — Arthur Rubinstein
No man can have society upon his own terms. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
True Hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the center of… — Henri Nouwen
Humanity needs a new soil - the soil of freedom. Bohemianism was a reaction, a necessary reaction, but if my vision succeeds then there will… — Rajneesh
For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female… — Gloria Steinem
What counts most is finding new ways to get the world down in paint on my own terms. — Georg Baselitz
I think transwomen, and transpeople in general, show everyone that you can define what it means to be a man or woman on your own… — Laverne Cox
I suspect that all the agony that goes into writing is borne precisely because the writer longs for acceptance-but it must be acceptance on his… — Ralph Ellison
Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms. — Gloria Steinem
As long as we insist on relating to it strictly on our own terms-as strange to us or subject to us-the wilderness is alien, threatening,… — Wendell Berry
As long as we insist on relating to it strictly on our own terms-as strange to us or subject to us-the wilderness is alien, threatening,… — Wendell Berry
I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine. — Kate Walsh
I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I… — Brendan Gleeson
The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of… — Victor Hugo

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