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Yourself Quotes (page 34)

Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Mahatma Gandhi
Neil Gaiman quote: "Wherever you go, you take yourself wih you."
Wherever you go, you take yourself wih you. Neil Gaiman
To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting. E. E. Cummings
We all grasp on to a single idea of ourselves, the way aging people dye their hair. It’s no matter that this dye doesn’t fool you. My lady, you don’t dye your hair to decieve other people, or to fool yourself, but rather to cheat your image in your mirror a little. Luigi Pirandello
Venture too far for love... and you renounce citizenship in the country you've made for yourself. You end up just sailing from port to port. Michael Cunningham
It’s funny how when you are dying, you still fight for the upper hand. You want to pick the terms; you want to choose the date. You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control. Jodi Picoult
George R. R. Martin quote: "When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best..."
When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it George R. R. Martin
Terry Prachett quote: "Sometimes you had to take a look at yourself and then look away."
Sometimes you had to take a look at yourself and then look away. Terry Prachett
Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote: "I remembered the fox. You risk tears if you let yourself be..."
I remembered the fox. You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It’s easier to kill people, when you’re dead yourself,” she told him. “I mean, it’s not such a big deal. You’re not so prejudiced any more. Neil Gaiman
the psychological need to believe that others take you as seriously as you take yourself. There is nothing particularly wrong with it, as psychological needs go, but yet of course we should always remember that a deep need for anything from other people makes us easy pickings. David Foster Wallace
[Sylvain] told us that in India it's sometimes considered a purification ritual to go home and spend a year eating everything from one place--ideally, even to grow it yourself. I liked this name for what we had done: a purification ritual, to cultivate health and gratitude. It sounds so much better than wackadoo. Barbara Kingsolver
Brian Tracy quote: "If you can get yourself to read 30 minutes a day, you're going..."
If you can get yourself to read 30 minutes a day, you're going to double your income every year. Brian Tracy
But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That's how you'll end up Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky. Truman Capote
Love is like liquor, the drunker and more impotent you are, the stronger and smarter you think yourself and the surer you are of your rights. Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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