Quotes with first-person

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  • Anthony Hecht A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.
    Anthony Hecht
    American poet (1923 - 2004)
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  • James A. Froude A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
    James A. Froude
    British Historian (1818 - 1894)
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  • Oscar Wilde A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli A person's fate is their own temper.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Denis Waitley A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Jimmy Carter A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.
    Jimmy Carter
    American statesman, 39e President (1924 - )
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  • Mignon McLaughlin A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • Jean Paul A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Plato An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
    Phaedrus
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Henry Ford An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Joseph Addison An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Alan Thicke As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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  • Alan Thicke As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • Benjamin Booker As soon as I started writing the first batch, I had a vision. I saw me on stage playing a certain type of music. I want to take these blues melodies over aggressive guitars. I heard the sound I wanted to make. I knew what I wanted to do. It wasn't ever there before.
    Benjamin Booker
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1989 - )
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  • Les Brown As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Leo Aikman Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.
    Leo Aikman
    American journalist (1908 - 1978)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Confidence in another person's virtue is no light evidence of your own.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Epictetus Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Pablo Casals Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.
    Pablo Casals
    Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (1876 - 1973)
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  • Stephen R. Covey Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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