Quotes with self-important

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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Baruch Spinoza The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Bryant H. McGill The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • John Updike The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He is the not-me personified.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Thornton T. Munger The habit of saving is itself an education. It fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind.
    Thornton T. Munger
    American scientist and environmentalist
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  • Carine Roitfeld The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Morris Hite The headline is the most important element of an ad. It must offer a promise to the reader of a believable benefit. And it must be phrased in a way to make it memorable.
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  • J. G. Ballard The history of psychiatry rewrites itself so often that it almost resembles the self-serving chronicles of a totalitarian and slightly paranoid regime.
    A User's Guide to the Millennium (1996)
    J. G. Ballard
    British author (1930 - 2009)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Norman O. Brown The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction; we destroy in order to make it new.
    Norman O. Brown
    American scholar, writer and philosopher (1913 - 2002)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Carl Sandburg The impact of television on our culture is... indescribable. There's a certain sense in which it is nearly as important as the invention of printing.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us.
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    Iranian politician and writer (1934 - 2017)
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  • Jim Rohn The important question to ask on the job is not, What am I getting? Instead, you should ask, What am I becoming?
    The Miracle of Personal Development
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Ben Horowitz The important thing about mobile is, everybody has a computer in their pocket. The implications of so many people connected to the Internet all the time from the standpoint of education is incredible.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Glenda Jackson The important thing in acting is to be able to laugh and cry. If I have to cry I think of my sex life. If I have to laugh, I think of my sex life.
    Glenda Jackson
    British actress and politician (1936 - 2023)
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  • William Bragg The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.
    William Bragg
    English physicist, chemist and mathematician
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  • Albert Einstein The important thing is not to stop questioning.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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