Ourselves Quotes
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Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.
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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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Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.
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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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...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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How we express ourselves in worship remains up in the air.
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We always want to congratulate ourselves at having made more progress than we actually have.
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We live with the things that we do to ourselves and others in doing what we've done to ourselves.
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And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.
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Some might say we lose ourselves in a good book. In truth, we find ourselves.
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We must find out for ourselves, otherwise it wouldn't be discovery.
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There are mythic patterns under all of our lives. Each one of us, often unbeknownst to ourselves, is engaged in a drama of soul that is not reserved only for gods, heroes, and saints. Story is one bridge between the human realm and the divine.
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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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We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves.
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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 should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.
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The worst lies of all are the ones we tell ourselves. They are the most damaging.
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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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We're not supposed to win, so it puts pressure on everybody else. We've played good baseball like we've done all year, and we're just being ourselves. People are going to continue to count us out, but at the same time, just be the White Sox that we were from the first game of the season.
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We need to enlighten people and tell the world leaders there has to be a better way. If we allow the animal kingdom to disappear, at the rapid rate it is disappearing, then we are killing ourselves faster than we think.
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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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As we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves.
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We must reform society before we can reform ourselves.
