Ourselves Quotes
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'We're all self-serving.' Camilla shrugged. 'It's just a matter of what we do to others in service of ourselves.
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The things that make us safest from others make us least from ourselves.
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When we hope, we trust in God. When we despair or presume, we choose to trust ourselves instead.
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Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.
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I remember growing up as a kid in Houston, playing 3-on-3 in my grandmother's driveway. I was lucky to be the youngest of four kids, so we had each other to keep ourselves busy and out of trouble. Not all kids are that fortunate.
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Our business in life is not to get ahead of others but to get ahead of ourselves; to break our own records; to outstrip our yesterdays by our todays; to bear our trials more beautifully than we ever dreamed we could; to give as we never have given; to do our work with more force and a finer finish than ever. This is the true idea: to get ahead of ourselves.
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...the most serious thing, and the strangest, is that we are afraid to the point of panic, not so much of seeing ourselves as of being seen by ourselves. This is our root absurdity. What is behind this great fear?
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It is not government's job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves and our children. It is up to us to do what is best for our health and our children's health.
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The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.
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Some might say we lose ourselves in a good book. In truth, we find ourselves.
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Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.
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We all become lost children at one time or another.When no one else can find us, we must find ourselves.
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We must find out for ourselves, otherwise it wouldn't be discovery.
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So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.
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I think I want the best for my country. I can make work that makes us examine some truths about ourselves - that would be more of a contribution. That's how I see it.
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We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?
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Fear Teaches Us A Lot About Ourselves.
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Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too.
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Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace.
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It saddens me how much fear we've instilled in ourselves.
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We make ourselves up as we go.
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We must reform society before we can reform ourselves.
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Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves.
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The ego prevents us from helping ourselves by presenting a false notion of what it really means to help ourselves.
