Quotes with self-giving

Quotes 201 till 220 of 893.

  • Vikram Seth For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
    Vikram Seth
    Indian novelist and poet (1952 - )
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  • St. Francis of Assisi For it is in giving that we receive.
    St. Francis of Assisi
    Italian saint, founder of the Franciscan monastic order (1182 - 1226)
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  • Henry David Thoreau For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Anthony Doerr For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard For me, breastfeeding was even more painful than giving birth. And despite a lactation consultant, I felt incompetent. I forged on, barely sleeping, always either breastfeeding or pumping and never getting the hang of it.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions - largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Alexander Pope For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Robert Penn Warren For what is a poem, but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding. It is the deepest part of autobiography.
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  • Bruno Dumont For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in a movie. I like this relationship. I'm like a recruiter, an employment agency giving someone employment.
    Bruno Dumont
    French film director and screenwriter (1958 - )
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  • Lily Tomlin Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.
    Lily Tomlin
    American Comedienne (1939 - )
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  • Jim Rohn Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt Friendship with our self is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • James F. Byrnes Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
    James F. Byrnes
    American judge and politician (1882 - 1972)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne From Obedience and submission comes all our virtues, and all sin is comes from self-opinion.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • James Thurber From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. ''After dinner, the men moved into the living room.'' I explained to the professor that this was Rose' way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Judith Guest Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling. Reduction, see? Of all feeling. People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.
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  • Jean de la Bruyère Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Ben Harper Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Tom Hopkins Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
    Tom Hopkins
    English professional footballer (1911 - )
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