Quotes with self-sacrifice

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  • Joseph Brodsky Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.
    Joseph Brodsky
    Russian-born American Poet, Critic (1940 - 1996)
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  • Bonnie Bassler Everybody, as soon as they do a good experiment, their first thought in this lab is, 'That can't be right. I must have screwed it up. What did I do wrong?' And that's the best kind of scientist because they're filled with this self-doubt. And if I'm going to be honest, that's who I am. And it's what drives me.
    Bonnie Bassler
    American molecular biologist
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  • Barry Bonds Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
    Barry Bonds
    American professional baseball player (1964 - )
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  • Bernard Bailyn Everyone knew that democracy-direct rule by all the people-required such spartan, self-denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was likely to survive only where poverty made upright behavior necessary for the perpetuation of the race.
    The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. III, POWER AND LIBERTY A THEORY OF POLITICS, p
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej Everyone must correct his own self; this is something more difficult to cope with, but it is not impossible.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Beeban Kidron Everything a teenager does, says or looks at, however transitory, contributes to an aggregated virtual self that might one day have consequences for its real-life counterpart. How many of us would keep all our relationships and reputations intact if every transgression, mistake or youthful folly was held in public view?
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Philip Roth Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.
    Operation Shylock: A Confession (1993)
    Philip Roth
    American Novelist (1933 - 2018)
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  • René Descartes Everything is self-evident.
    René Descartes
    French philosopher, scientist (1596 - 1650)
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  • Augustus William Hare Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Arnold Bennett Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Susie Orbach Fat is a way of saying ''no'' to powerlessness and self-denial.
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  • Bernie S. Siegel Feelings aroused by the touch of someone's hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith - all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • Baltasar Gracian Few are the friends of a man's self, most those of his circumstances.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • George Bernard Shaw First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Vince Lombardi Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Vikram Seth For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
    Vikram Seth
    Indian novelist and poet (1952 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Anthony Doerr For me it was perfect, because it wasn't a very competitive environment, and it was a studio program. They basically send you off, and say, bring us some work, and we'll help you improve it. It really rewarded self-discipline.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State, they arrive at their conclusions - largely inarticulate. Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none; but sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Alexander Pope For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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