Short quotations about, yourself - Page 2

Brenda Ueland

Think of yourself as an incandescen…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers. Great short quote and quotation by: Brenda Ueland ,

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Doris Lessing

Think wrongly if you please, but in…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Great short quote and quotation by: Doris Lessing ,

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This is the true joy in life — bei…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is the true joy in life — being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one… Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory

This is the true joy in life, the b…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will […]

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Richard Whately

To be always thinking about your ma…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. Great short quote and quotation by: Richard Whately ,

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Gwendolyn Brooks

To be in love Is to touch with a li…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be in love Is to touch with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well. Great short quote and quotation by: Gwendolyn Brooks , US poet (1917 – )

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E e cummings

To be nobody but yourself in a worl…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting. Great short quote and quotation by: e e cummings , US poet (1894 – 1962)

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E. E. Cummings

To be nobody but yourself, in a wor…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. Great short quote and quotation by: E. E. Cummings ,

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E.e. cummings

To be yourself in a world that is d…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be yourself in a world that is doing its best, day and night to make you like everybody else–is to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight. Great short quote and quotation by: e.e. cummings ,

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Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

To conquer others is to have power,…

13 Oct , 2011  

To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way. Great short quote and quotation by: Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching ,

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Socrates, The Apology

To find yourself, think for yoursel…

13 Oct , 2011  

To find yourself, think for yourself. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, The Apology , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)

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Toil to make yourself remarkable by…

13 Oct , 2011  

Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other. Great short quote and quotation by: Seneca , Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC – 65 AD)

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