Quotes with ourselves

Quotes 181 till 200 of 578.

  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Cecil B. DeMille It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
    Cecil B. DeMille
    American filmmaker (1881 - 1959)
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  • Cary Fowler It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to climate change without considering how we will feed ourselves. And it is out of the question that we can adapt agriculture without conserving crop diversity.
    Cary Fowler
    American agriculturalist and businessman (1949 - )
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • S. Maxwell Coder It is not a difficult matter to learn what it means to delight ourselves in the Lord. It is to live so as to please Him, to honor everything we find in His Word, to do everything the way He would like to have it done, and for Him.
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  • Agnes Repplier It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
    Agnes Repplier
    American writer and social criticus (1855 - 1950)
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  • Adam Smith It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our necessities but of their advantages.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Immanuel Kant It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy
    Immanuel Kant
    German philosopher (1724 - 1804)
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  • Eric Hoffer It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Sir Edmund Hillary It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
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  • C. S. Lewis It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Jerome K. Jerome It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.
    Jerome K. Jerome
    British Humorous Writer, Novelist, Playwright (1859 - 1927)
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  • W. H. Auden It is... axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Louis de Bernieres It seems that everyone has their own inexplicable fear to have nightmares about. We need nightmares to keep ourselves entertained, and fend off the contentment that we all fear and abhor so much.
    Louis de Bernieres
    British novelist (1954 - )
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  • Victor Serge It's a question to ask ourselves if we're not mad. But who are the madmen, in God's name? Those who wonder about it, or the others? If we ever began to speak out loud, what would they do with us, tell me?
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld It's easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Edward Hoagland It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and intense ourselves, closer to the grave, we begin to conceive of ourselves as immortal.
    Edward Hoagland
    American Novelist, Essayist (1932 - )
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  • Bill Watterson It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
    Bill Watterson
    American cartoonist (1958 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Alfred de Vigny Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy?
    Alfred de Vigny
    French poet and writer (1797 - 1863)
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