Quotes with self-giving

Quotes 301 till 320 of 893.

  • Abdul Kalam I wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.
    Source: Wings of Fire
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Anne Bronte I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch I'm a Prince of Wales Trust ambassador, so I'm all about giving youth an education, a voice and a chance to not take the wrong road.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • A. A. Milne I'm giving this to Eeyore, he explained, as a present. What are you going to give?
    Couldn't I give it too? said Piglet. From both of us?
    No, said Pooh. That would not be a good plan.
    Source: Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) Chapter Six
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Barbara Rosenblat I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all sort of things. I'm a sort of genre-free recording artist - classics and romances, I just finished a sci-fi book, self help... just all kinds of things.
    Barbara Rosenblat
    British actress (1950 - )
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  • Arnold Bennett If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Adam Schiff If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?.
    Adam Schiff
    American lawyer and politician (1960 - )
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  • Busy Philipps If I see myself on a worst-dressed list - and I've been on many of them - I tend to have low self esteem for 24 hours. I just like to feel comfortable, and I like being excited about whatever it is I'm wearing. I hate subjecting myself to that kind of criticism!
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Haythum R. Khalid If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression.
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  • Benjamin Clementine If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I'm aware of it, no matter what happens, I'm always going to have a fake self, and I'm not going to judge my fake self.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Ann Oakley If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone.
    Ann Oakley
    British sociologist, writer (1944 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Ramana Maharshi If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's original primal state. If one succeeds in the fight and reaches the goal, the enemy, namely the thoughts, will all subside in the Self and disappear entirely.
    Ramana Maharshi
    Indian Hindu mystic and guru (1879 - 1950)
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  • A. N. Wilson If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.
    A. N. Wilson
    English writer and columnist (1950 - )
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  • Bill Hybels If the disciples were capable of making wrong requests - requests that were self-serving, patently materialistic, shortsighted or immature - I feel sure that we are too. Fortunately God loves us too much to say yes to inappropriate requests.
    Source: Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Bernard Williams If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you - or express what you and others aren't.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Bell Hooks If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Barry Diller If we're going to talk about our businesses, we're going to have to talk about them within the constraints of the disclosure rules, without giving guidance, because we're not going to give guidance, because we don't believe that it is a sensible game to play.
    Barry Diller
    American businessman (1942 - )
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  • Carl Bernstein If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
    Carl Bernstein
    American investigative journalist and author (1944 - )
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