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Yourself Quotes (page 73)

Miss Tick sniffed. 'You could say this advice is priceless,' she said. 'Are you listening?' 'Yes,' said Tiffany. 'Good. Now ... if you trust in yourself ...' 'Yes?' '... and believe in your dreams ...' 'Yes?' '... and follow your star ...' Miss Tick went on. 'Yes?' '... you'll still get beaten by people who spent THEIR time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Goodbye. Terry Prachett
So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you. Tina Fey
The thing about light is that it really isn’t yours; it’s what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself. Anne Lamott
You are so terribly nimble, so clever. I distrust your cleverness. You make a wonderful pattern, everything is in its place, it looks convincingly clear, too clear. And meanwhile, where are you? Not on the clear surface of your ideas, but you have already sunk deeper, into darker regions, so that one only thinks one has been given all your thoughts, one only imagines you have emptied yourself in that clarity. But there are layers and layers -- you're bottomless, unfathomable. Your clearness... Anais Nin
Mark Twain quote: "Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing..."
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option. Mark Twain
America I've given you all and now I'm nothing... I can't stand my own mind. America when will we end the human war? Go fuck yourself with your atom bomb. Allen Ginsberg
When it seems humanly impossible to do more in a difficult situation, surrender yourself to the inner silence and thereafter wait for a sign of obvious guidance or for a renewal of inner strength. Paul Brunton
I studied psychology in school, and the best psychology is in literature. It's so much easier to understand a character than a theory. You can recognize yourself—or other people—in a different way. Natalie Portman
Adam has angels like a dog has fleas. He came here with them, and the more time you spend around him, the more likely you are to get them yourself. Martha Beck
if you don't have doubts you're either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants-in-the-pants of faith. They keep it alive and moving. Frederick Buechner
And in fact you're not like everyone else: you weren't ashamed just now to confess bad and even ridiculous things about yourself. Who would confess such things nowadays? No one, and people have even stopped feeling any need for self-judgment. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Miyamoto Musashi quote: "To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy"
To become the enemy, see yourself as the enemy of the enemy Miyamoto Musashi
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. --..."
If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long. Robert A. Heinlein
Fran Lebowitz quote: "To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I..."
To lose yourself in a book is the desire of the bookworm. I mean to be taken. That is my desire. Fran Lebowitz
Jodi Picoult quote: "You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible,..."
You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all. Jodi Picoult

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