"Being yourself is not remaining where you are,……" — Sydney J. Harris
"Being yourself is not remaining where you are, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure."
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141 Quotes by Sydney J. Harris
Sydney J. Harris has 141 quotes on this site.
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently…
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Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.
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The best thing you can give children, next to good habits, are good memories.
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We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and…
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Most people are mirrors, reflecting the moods and emotions of the times; few are windows, bringing light to bear on…
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We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
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Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need…
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Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.
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People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.
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If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."
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Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is…
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Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.
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More Departure Quotes
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We live in a dominant culture of ceaseless Departure and Progress that has so far lasted two or three centuries.
— John Berger
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Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and their miseries have increased since my departure.
— Benazir Bhutto
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Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.
— Joe Biden
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Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become…
— David Bowie
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For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point…
— Joseph Brodsky
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies…
— Edmund Burke
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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point…
— Winston Churchill
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Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get…
— Tori Amos
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I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.
— Mark Twain
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Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at…
— Paul de Man
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