Quotes with self-opinion

Quotes 921 till 940 of 940.

  • George Bernard Shaw Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Alfred Russel Wallace I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain.
    Alfred Russel Wallace
    British naturalist, explorer, anthropologist and biologist (1823 - )
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  • Edgar Allan Poe I have great faith in fools; My friends call it self-confidence.
    Edgar Allan Poe
    American poet, writer and critic (1809 - 1849)
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  • Antoine de Saint-Exupery I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
    Antoine de Saint-Exupery
    French writer (1900 - 1944)
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  • Alfred Jodl It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.
    Alfred Jodl
    German general and war criminal (1890 - 1946)
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  • Pablo Picasso It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care.
    Pablo Picasso
    Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
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  • 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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  • 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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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Prejudice: A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
    The Devil's Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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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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  • Ambrose Bierce Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.
    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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  • 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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  • Benjamin Netanyahu We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq, Ma'ariv quoted the former prime minister as saying. He reportedly added that these events swung American public opinion in our favor.
    Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel (16 April 2008)
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
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