Quotes with self-conflict

Quotes 501 till 520 of 770.

  • Anne Sophie Swetchine Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.
    Anne Sophie Swetchine
    Russian writer (1782 - 1857)
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  • John Wooden Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • John Wooden Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well.
    John Wooden
    American basketball player and head coach (1910 - 2010)
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  • William James Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • James Russell Lowell Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Bayard Rustin Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
    Bayard Rustin
    American activist (1912 - 1987)
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  • Uta Hagen Talent is an amalgam of high sensitivity; easy vulnerability; high sensory equipment (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting - intensely); a vivid imagination as well as a grip on reality; the desire to communicate one's own experience and sensations, to make one's self heard and seen.
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  • Jean Anouilh Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.
    Jean Anouilh
    French playwright (1910 - 1987)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Billy Graham Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman That conflict between the reach for the divine and the lure of earthly things was to be the central problem of the Middle Ages.
    A Distant Mirror
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Bhagavad Gita That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me - with such a one I am in love.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Maxwell Maltz The ''self-image'' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • C. Wright Mills The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help him become a self-educating man.
    C. Wright Mills
    American sociologist (1916 - 1962)
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  • Archibald Macleish The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens. Instead, there is a sense of frustration so perceptible that even our politicians have attempted to exploit it.
    Archibald Macleish
    American poet (1892 - 1982)
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  • Ben Elton The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.
    Stark Court, Hippies and Love at First Sight
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Alain de Botton The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil.
    Alain de Botton
    Swiss-born British author (1969 - )
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  • Bruno Dumont The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • George Harrison The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion and until the end of my life people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.
    George Harrison
    English musician, singer and songwriter (1943 - 2001)
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