Quotes with self-giving

Quotes 881 till 893 of 893.

  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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  • Thomas Carlyle No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • George Holbrook Jackson Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.
    George Holbrook Jackson
    British journalist, writer and publisher (1874 - 1948)
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Robert Burns Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.
    Robert Burns
    Scottish Poet (1759 - 1796)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Elias Canetti The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer.
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Charles Dickens The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • Edgar Allan Poe There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • Simone Weil Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Helen Keller True happiness ... is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy cause.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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  • Helen Keller What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.
    Helen Keller
    American writer (1880 - 1968)
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