Quotes with self-important

Quotes 1221 till 1240 of 1435.

  • William Shakespeare To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day: thou canst not then be false to any man.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Thomas Traherne To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.
    Thomas Traherne
    British Clergyman, Poet, Mystic (1636 - 1674)
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  • Brenda Song To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I think it's the most important thing. Whether you have success or don't have it, whether you're a good person is all that matters.
    Brenda Song
    American actress (1988 - )
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  • Albert Einstein To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Bobby Scott Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Carlo Ratti Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
    Carlo Ratti
    Italian architect, engineer and activist
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  • Beth Grant Tone is so important because you can have a great script just be ruined with the wrong director - if they shtick it up or something. With 'Little Miss Sunshine,' I was so concerned they weren't going to play the pageant official realistically because you don't have to wink to play those kinds of characters.
    Beth Grant
    American actress (1949 - )
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  • Alexander Pope True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Leo Tolstoy True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception to the region of emotion.
    Leo Tolstoy
    Russian writer (1828 - 1910)
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  • Douglas Murray Mcgregor TRUST: I know that you will not - deliberately or accidentally, consciously or unconsciously - take unfair advantage of me. I can put my situation at the moment, my status and self-esteem in this group, our relationship, my job, my career, even my life, in your hands with complete confidence.
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  • Alfred Korzybski Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.
    Alfred Korzybski
    Polish-American independent scholar (1879 - 1950)
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  • Alexander Pope Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Denis Waitley Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Bill Maris Venture funds get beaten up for not investing in important things. Okay, if you want venture funds to invest in important things, then don't penalize or make fun of them when those important things don't work.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Arthur Christopher Benson Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
    Arthur Christopher Benson
    English essayist, poet, author and academic (1862 - 1925)
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.
    A Distant Mirror
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Barbara Walters Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.
    Barbara Walters
    American journalist and author (1929 - )
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  • Georges Clemenceau War is too important a matter to be left to the military.
    Georges Clemenceau
    French physician and politician (1841 - 1929)
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