Quotes with self-possession

Quotes 241 till 260 of 749.

  • Jane Austen I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Edgar Quinet I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.
    Edgar Quinet
    French poet, historian and politician (1803 - 1875)
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  • Bryan Batt I think in your home, you should only use colors that you look good in. It's a little self-serving but think if it as you're on a stage. Not with any pressure, but you want to showcase yourself.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Arthur Miller I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.
    Arthur Miller
    American Dramatist (1915 - 2005)
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  • Kofi Annan I think over time you learn to know a bit more about yourself - you develop a certain amount of self-insight and self-awareness, and you know what you can absorb, and what you cannot; what gets to you and what doesn't.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Edward Gibbon I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Abdul Kalam I wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.
    Wings of Fire
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Anne Bronte I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Barbara Rosenblat I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all sort of things. I'm a sort of genre-free recording artist - classics and romances, I just finished a sci-fi book, self help... just all kinds of things.
    Barbara Rosenblat
    British actress (1950 - )
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  • Arnold Bennett If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Busy Philipps If I see myself on a worst-dressed list - and I've been on many of them - I tend to have low self esteem for 24 hours. I just like to feel comfortable, and I like being excited about whatever it is I'm wearing. I hate subjecting myself to that kind of criticism!
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Benjamin Clementine If I'm being forced to do something I don't want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I'm aware of it, no matter what happens, I'm always going to have a fake self, and I'm not going to judge my fake self.
    Benjamin Clementine
    British artist, poet, vocalist, composer, and musician (1988 - )
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  • Ann Oakley If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone.
    Ann Oakley
    British sociologist, writer (1944 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Ramana Maharshi If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's original primal state. If one succeeds in the fight and reaches the goal, the enemy, namely the thoughts, will all subside in the Self and disappear entirely.
    Ramana Maharshi
    Indian Hindu mystic and guru (1879 - 1950)
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  • Bill Hybels If the disciples were capable of making wrong requests - requests that were self-serving, patently materialistic, shortsighted or immature - I feel sure that we are too. Fortunately God loves us too much to say yes to inappropriate requests.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Alexander Smith If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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  • Bernard Williams If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you - or express what you and others aren't.
    Bernard Williams
    English philosopher (1929 - 2003)
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  • Bell Hooks If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Carl Bernstein If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is reduced to a fraction of its former self.
    Carl Bernstein
    American investigative journalist and author (1944 - )
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