Quotes of: Themselves Keyword

People who have trouble questioning their own country often have trouble admitting fault in themselves, both of which come from insecurity and lack of humility.

Voice of Reason

Q: What is wrong with the world? A: Everybody pays attention to pictures of things. Nobody pays attention to things themselves.

While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

Sometimes they purposely asked people over just to give themselves the incentive to clean up in a frantic rush before they arrived.

What Alice Forgot

The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.

Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and Revolution

Sometimes when I'm writing, I wonder if the words have a mind of their own, and if they're really just using me as a puppet to manifest themselves.

Write like no one is reading

Her heart is of a much harder material... A diamond. Beautiful, but deadly… And amid people with hearts of diamonds, it is best to remember that no one is exempt from their malevolence. Not even themselves.

Where Men Sit

Each person change themselves first, and then let your change act as a leader for others to make the changes they need.

Yeshau: One Hundred Meaningful Messages for Messengers

Mike’s brain was hardwired directly into his genitals and most higher functions appeared to have switched themselves off. In other words, he was just like most men.

The Yoga Sutras

Things, events and people align and position themselves accordingly when a strong enough thought stirs them.

Your Wishes Fulfilled: Volume 1: Theory

The true tragedy in most people’s lives is that they are far better than they imagine themselves to be and, as a result, end up being much less than they might be.

Zen Mentoring: Forty Meditations

The working class of England today have no vision of society beyond the acquisitive - no version of themselves or their habits as anything other than transitional, on their way up or on their way out. The working class, at best, is a waiting room for...

Andrew O'Hagan

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

Dale Carnegie

The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local chapters of the American Red Cross or offices of emergency management in the region or state. Most large cities will have their...

Irwin Redlener

I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.

Julian Bond

With horses, familiarity breeds comfort. If you haven't been around horses for a while (or ever), the best thing to do is to go to the racetrack, a horse show, a rodeo, or some other horsey activity, and watch the horses. Familiarize yourself with th...

Jane Smiley

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.

Louisa May Alcott

From the Twitter responses we got with 'Best Friends Forever' and the small feedback we are getting as the show is meted out, I think people are seeing themselves in the show and enjoying seeing female friendship portrayed in the way it really is.

Lennon Parham

A father's aim is to raise children who themselves raise good citizens.

The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.

Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

Diaries of Franz Kafka

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

Mockingbird