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141 quotesWhen we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Character
Confucius
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The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it.
Fiction
Robert Coover
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All the power that we exercise over others depends on the power we exercise over ourselves.
Power
Cotvos
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Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
Calamity
William Davenant
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
Fame
Bette Davis
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The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.
Censure
Demosthenes
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Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
Lies and Lying
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
Possibilities
Thomas A. Edison
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We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
Humankind
Albert Einstein
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We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
Compassion
George Eliot
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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
Wisdom
Queen Elizabeth
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Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
Intervention
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.
self-esteem
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves.
self-esteem
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
Discipline
William Feather
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The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Security
Erich Fromm
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We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.
Stupidity
Paul Gauguin
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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
Self-control
Edward Gibbon
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Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.
Change
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Government
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.
Age and Aging
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
Promotion
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Deception
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
Adversity
Hanmer Parsons Grant
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
Belief
Gutzkow
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun