Personal Quotes

5263 Personal quotes by 3479 unique authors

All war must be just the killing of strangers against whom you feel no personal animosity; strangers whom, in other circumstances, you would help if… — Mark Twain
Marriage is not a love affair. A love affair has to do with immediate personal satisfaction. Marriage is an ordeal; it means yielding, time and… — Joseph Campbell
I do not mind having imaginary conversations with animals who are part of my life. The comfort of talking to one at a time of… — Derek Tangye
One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close and personal, dropping the reader… — George R. R. Martin
We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate,… — Paulo Coelho
All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience. — Unknown Author
The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost. — William Carlos Williams
Our sufferings and weaknesses, in so far as they are personal, are of no literary interest whatsoever. They are only interesting in so far as… — Wystan Hugh Auden
In business, your positive thoughts and lifestyle choices lead to your personal success and your career success. — Jeffrey Gitomer
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to earth consciously to… — Spencer W. Kimball
Essential to receiving divine forgiveness are personal, individual recognition and acceptance of our Father's mercy, made available to us by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus… — Ronald E. Poelman
In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of personal identity infuses their work. — Parker J. Palmer
...We should try to link our personal lives with the cause for which we struggle, with the cause of building communism. — Nadezhda Krupskaya
Loyalty doesn't seem to be in the game that much these days where players leave their clubs which made them the stars they are today… — Steven Gerrard
Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses. — Arnold Newman
My experience says that if you put out a lot of personal work that's good, it tends to attract high dollar commercial work. But to… — Chase Jarvis
It began when I was so ill that there was a good chance of dying. I promised myself that if I survived I would never… — Helmut Newton
The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a… — Berenice Abbott
I always choose an area that is of personal interest, but I don't plan my travels in detail. There are so many variables one cannot… — Unknown Author
I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity… — David Hurn
Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin does… — Elliott Erwitt
"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me… — Ansel Adams
What is the subject matter of this apparently very personal world? It has been suggested that these shapes and images are underworld characters, the inhabitants… — Aaron Siskind
Images of people, cities, and landscapes from the air tell a unique story about our personal space and how we relate to one another. I've… — Vincent Laforet

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