Quotes with self-important

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  • Benjamin Robbins Curtis Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend in an important degree upon its teachers. All instruction and all truth, except simple mathematical truth, is modified by the medium through which it is conveyed.
    Benjamin Robbins Curtis
    American attorney (1809 - 1874)
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  • Brian Tracy Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
    Brian Tracy
    Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development aut (1944 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Henry Jacobsen Whatever your job, it is important if it is what God wants you to do.
    Henry Jacobsen
    Norwegian politician (1898 - 1964)
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  • Andrew Cohen When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Anthony Trollope When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe When all is said the greatest action is to limit and isolate one's self.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Plutarch When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, ''Action, Action, Action.''
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Audre Lorde When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
    The Cancer Journals (1980)
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Carolyn Murphy When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed and surrounded by people that are self-absorbed.
    Carolyn Murphy
    American model and actress (1974 - )
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  • Anita Desai When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.
    Anita Desai
    Indian novelist (1937 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ben Okri When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.
    Ben Okri
    Nigerian poet and novelist (1959 - )
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  • Burning Spear When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carly Fiorina When our most important issue is the debt that we're piling on our children and grandchildren, I think it's pretty helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate who has actually managed billions of dollars and knows how to cut billions of dollars.
    Carly Fiorina
    American businesswoman and political (1954 - )
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  • Aaron McGruder When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
    Aaron McGruder
    American writer, lecturer and producer (1974 - )
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  • Jacob Boehme When thou standest still from thinking and willing of self, the eternal hearing, seeing, and speaking will be revealed to thee, and so God heareth and seeth through thee. Thine own hearing, willing, and seeing hindereth thee, that thou dost not see nor hear God.
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  • Abdullah Ibrahim When time and space and change converge, we find place. We arrive in Place when we resolve things. Place is peace of mind and understanding. Place is knowledge of self. Place is resolution.
    Abdullah Ibrahim
    South African pianist and composer (1934 - )
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