Oneself Quotes
Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.
ParacelsusParacelsus I didn’t have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn’t want to. But I didn’t think they’d pick one I didn’t like.
Bear BryantBear Bryant The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen To forgive oneself? No, that doesn’t work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
Dag HammarskjoldDag Hammarskjold Most of us are wiser than we may appear to be. On one level, wisdom is nothing more profound than an ability to follow ones own advice.
Sam HarrisSam Harris Don’t worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
Miles DavisMiles Davis To will oneself moral and to will oneself free are one and the same decision.
Simone de BeauvoirSimone de Beauvoir I’m just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all the nutritionists who say you need to do this or need to do that, so I’m one of the oddballs.
Herschel WalkerHerschel Walker One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
Stokely CarmichaelStokely Carmichael Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.
A. A. AllenA. A. Allen We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
Paul SimonPaul Simon One doesn’t want one’s identity coerced.
Seamus HeaneySeamus Heaney One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac I didn’t become an impressionist. As long as I can remember I always have been one.
Claude MonetClaude Monet Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill