Oneself Quotes
One should never be where one does not belong.
Bob DylanBob Dylan One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or energies which are nor represented by the over-familiar devices or patterns.
Ezra PoundEzra Pound The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens The day my children move out is years I can count on two hands I have them half this time years I count on one.
Chelsie DianeChelsie Diane Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God’s hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody If you ever get started on the right path to change, there is one important precondition you have to meet. You must rid yourself of that gnawing and overpowering sense of urgency and panic that always seems to appear on the scene.
Phil McGrawPhil McGraw An active mind needs an outlet. If it stops by itself from within, well and good; otherwise one should not try to stop this by force.
Sri AurobindoSri Aurobindo If you don’t try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody’s back yard. The thrill of competing carries with it the thrill of a gold medal. One wants to win to prove himself the best.
Jesse OwensJesse Owens In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas It’s nice to get off the couch, throw the clothes on, add a little make-up and go back to work, every once in a while.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy There’s only one great evil in the world today. Despair.
Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh Is not life in itself a thing of goodness, irrespective of whether the course it takes for us can be called a ‘happy’ one?
Thomas MannThomas Mann One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.
Georg CantorGeorg Cantor I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
James ClearJames Clear