Emily Dickinson Quotes

There is always one thing to be grateful for - that one is one's self and not somebody else.

Emily Dickinson

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• I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.

  

  Karan Johar
  • People
  • Think
  • Self

• We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Women
  • Self
  • Stand

• The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Better
  • Destiny
  • Self

• The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Children
  • Always
  • Revolution

• Heartbreak is hard, but you find more and more things to be grateful for every day.

  

  Olivia Culpo
  • Day
  • Find
  • Grateful

• I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.

  

  Daniel Breaker
  • Life
  • True
  • Think

• I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Violence
  • Self
  • Intelligence

• It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

  

  Queen Christina
  • Life
  • Long
  • Self

• My wife and I are very blessed. I am very grateful for the life that we lead.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Life
  • Wife
  • Blessed

• Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.

  

  Florence Henderson
  • People
  • Love
  • Kids

• Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
  • People
  • Problems
  • Self

• Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • Fight
  • Self
  • Survival

• I've always believed in working hard, and I'm grateful that people seem to connect with the kinds of stories I'm passionate about telling.

  

  Raina Telgemeier
  • People
  • Grateful
  • Working Hard

• As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • People
  • You
  • Author

• I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Want
  • Present
  • Enjoy

• I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

  

  Waris Dirie
  • Life
  • Live
  • Love

• Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Cool
  • Doing
  • Self

• I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from which it comes. A tree just has to bear fruit, and leaves and blossoms. It doesn't feel grateful to the earth.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • Earth
  • Tree
  • Start

• Men are not free when they're doing just what they like. Men are only free when they're doing what the deepest self likes. And there is getting down to the deepest self! It takes some diving.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Men
  • Free
  • inspirational

• I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

  

  Walter Mosley
  • Think
  • Science
  • Loved

• I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Writing
  • Heart
  • Art

• There is always one thing to be grateful for - that one is one's self and not somebody else.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Self
  • Grateful