Quotes of: Own Keyword

I will continue to write moral stories in rhymed couplets. But I should be thrice a fool if I did it for aught but my own entertainment.

The Moon and Sixpence

And, indeed, I will ask on my own account here, an idle question: which is better - cheap happiness or exalted sufferings? Well, which is better?

Notes from Underground

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.

Keith Richards: In His Own Words

Of Equality--as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself--as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same.

Leaves of Grass

I found Americans arrogant, Germans rude, Britishers selfish, Frenchs desperate, Chinese worried and my own nation stupid.

LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

How do we remain faithful to our own spiritual imagination and not betray what we know in our own bodies? The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy.

Leap

...since I realized that he (Picasso) lived in a self-enclosed world and that his solitude was therefore total, I wanted to explore my own solitude.

Life with Picasso

Having the right attitude is fundamental to being an effective leader.

A Leader After God's Own Heart: 15 Ways to Lead with Strength

And so, surpassing my own records for dangerous, reckless behavior, I ripped off Sonya's bracelet. "I'm Rose Hathaway.

Last Sacrifice

As is often the case, the sole person not left speechless in awe by my brilliance is my own beloved wife.

Let's Put the Future Behind Us

Rivers don’t drink their own waters; trees don’t eat their own fruits. The salt seasons the soup in order to have its purpose fulfilled. Live for others!

Leaders' Watchwords

It takes dedicated parents to produce consecrated children.

A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Children

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

A Mom After God's Own Heart: 10 Ways to Love Your Children

Understanding people’s difficulties and—just as crucial—helping people understand their own difficulties teaching them concrete ways to help themselves will help them better deal with their own lives and, in turn, ours.

Mockingbird

I prefer to solve the world's problems. They never seem as complicated as my own.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

I attributed the incidence to temporary insanity, and in my own defense, I'd like to say I haven't run over anyone since.

One for the Money

Oh, aye, Sassenach. I am your master . . . and you're mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own.

Outlander

My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

It's the quality of harmony, sir. The quality of being in harmony with you own soul. God having given you your own soul you are then in harmony with Heaven.

Parade's End

This is the time to remember that I’m the protagonist in my own story, facing every challenge with grace and wit.

Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

The human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.

Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life