Quotes with himself

Quotes 741 till 760 of 795.

  • William James Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • David Hume Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • John Jay Chapman Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us.
    John Jay Chapman
    American author (1862 - 1933)
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  • Ogden Nash Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Bill Mauldin While a guy at home is sweating over his income tax and Victory garden, a dogface somewhere is getting great joy out of wiggling his little finger. He does it just to see it move and to prove to himself that he is still alive and able to move it.
    Up Front
    Bill Mauldin
    American cartoonist (1921 - 2003)
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Leib Lazarow Who has confidence in himself will gain the confidene of others.
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  • Dean William R. Inge Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
    Dean William R. Inge
    Dean of St Paul's, London (1860 - 1954)
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  • Harold Rosenberg Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.
    Harold Rosenberg
    American art criticus, writer (1906 - 1978)
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  • Albert Einstein Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Max Stirner Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.
    Max Stirner
    German philosopher (ps. by Johan C. Schmidt) (1806 - 1856)
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  • Samuel Johnson Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Samuel Johnson Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • George Eliot With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of the present: it is not a repented error shaken loose from the life: it is a still quivering part of himself, bringing shudders and bitter flavors and the tinglings of a merited shame.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Anzia Yezierska Without comprehension, the immigrant would forever remain shut - a stranger in America. Until America can release the heart as well as train the hand of the immigrant, he would forever remain driven back upon himself, corroded by the very richness of the unused gifts within his soul.
    Anzia Yezierska
    Jewish-American novelist (1880 - 1970)
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  • George Gurdjieff Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Andrew Carnegie You can't push anyone up the ladder unless he is ready to climb himself.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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