Quotes 61 till 80 of 677.
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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
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A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
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A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.
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A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.
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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
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After all, what is reading but a vice, like drink or venery or any other form of excessive self-indulgence? One reads to tickle and amuse one's mind; one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.
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All drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem.
Source: Rolling Stone Magazine, 16-04-1992 -
All of the significant battles are waged within the self.
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All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.
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Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety, fear and self-doubt. For many of us, the confusion around this question is excruciating.
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Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back;
And is a swelling, and the last affection
A high mind can put off; being both a rebel
Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth
All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion,
and offereth violence to nature's self.Source: Catiline His Conspiracy -
America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt.
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America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.
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American ladies are known abroad for two distinguishing traits (besides, possibly, their beauty and self-reliance), and these are their ill-health and their extravagant devotion to dress.
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Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism.
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An enterprise employing more than 1000 people becomes a self-perpetuating empire, creating so much internal work that it no longer needs any contact with the outside world.
Source: Management Science Journal, October 1960 -
Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
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