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Our power of being happy lies a good deal in ourselves, I believe. — Charlotte Bronte

Life is a struggle to elevate ourselves from nobody to somebody, not ever knowing the secret beauties of being nobody! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself. — James Wolcott

I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now. — Dave Foley

It is not being alone but being with ourselves that is the killer. — Richard Kalish

A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." "If — Jane Austen

Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being 'fine' that we lose track of how 'not fine' we are. — Martina Boone

We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our task is to take this earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Being so rational, we have created a very simple version of ourselves. — Marcel Wanders

Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and now. — David Steindl-Rast

The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for being a slow pupil. — Zora Neale Hurston

That's all beliefs are; stories we tell ourselves to stop being afraid. Beliefs have very little to do with the truth. — Adrian Walker

Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves. — Henrik Ibsen

With begging and scrambling we find very little, but with being true to ourselves we find a great deal more. — Rabindranath Tagore

Valuing ourselves rightly means we understand love to be the only foundation of being that will sustain us in both times of lack and times of plenty — Bell Hooks

To love is to tire of being alone; it is therefore a cowardice, a betrayal of ourselves. (It is exceedingly important that we not love.) — Fernando Pessoa

When we use a language, we should commit ourselves to knowing it, being able to read it, and writing it idiomatically. — Ron Jeffries

I think that being a soul in flesh is really challenging and we should all give ourselves more credit. — S. Kelley Harrell

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. — Malcolm X

The more flexible we become in our thinking and being, the more we open ourselves to self-awareness & growth. — James Van Praagh

We cannot let the haters of this world define us. Or frighten us into no longer being ourselves. — Mary E. DeMuth

Being human makes us one. Being uniquely ourselves makes us individual. - Nancy S. Mure, Author of Unidentical Twins — Nancy S. Mure

What we desire, more than a season or weather, is the comfort
Of being strangers, at least to ourselves. — Mark Strand

The two chief causes of error in our relations with another person are, having ourselves a good heart, or else being in love with the other person. — Marcel Proust

Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves. — William Hazlitt

We have to stick up for ourselves as people and we have to stick up for our country when we're being mistreated, remember that. — Donald Trump

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Becoming is better than being. Perfectionism doesn't exist. We need to stretch ourselves and continue learning. — Iben Dissing Sandahl

We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength — Julia Cameron

The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others. — Eric Hoffer

To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are. — Brother Lawrence

If we take good care of ourselves, we help everyone. We stop being a source of suffering to the world, and we become a reservoir of joy and freshness. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that. — Myles Munroe

We need to forgive ourselves and everyone else for NOT being perfect. — Linda Masemore Pirrung

We're all looking for the highest, fullest expression of ourselves as a human being. — Oprah Winfrey

Despite dissimilarities in our luck and success at looking after ourselves, we are all human beings. — Naguib Mahfouz

We hide from ourselves by being with others. — Frederick Lenz

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. — Ray Bradbury

The body can limit our ability to experience life to the fullest, especially if we identify ourselves as being only our bodies. — Lee L Jampolsky

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal. — Martin Freeman

We don't ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different from ourselves. — Gwendolyn Brooks

We must be true to ourselves. And we must be true to others, whether they believe we are or not. — John McCain

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. — Ken Burns

The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it. — Eartha Kitt

A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We can make ourselves whole only by accepting our partiality, by living within our limits, by being humans not by trying to be gods. — Wendell Berry

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. — U Thant

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women. — Maria Callas

And that is what we should all strive for. Being able to look in the mirror and love ourselves for who we are and what we've done. — Jessica Scott

Meditation is not spacing-out or running away. In fact, it is being totally honest with ourselves. — Kathleen McDonald

I love being an advocate for women as we get older so that we can feel comfortable with ourselves. It's all about being healthy for me now. — Andie MacDowell

Internalized sexism that makes us feel like we can't show ourselves not being perfect. — Kathleen Hanna

Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs. — Amos Bronson Alcott

We can change our rewards. It just takes a shift in out thought patterns and being gentle and patient with ourselves. — Damon Gameau

I think we sometimes give ourselves a little too much credit as humans, as being able to control and understand nature, when in fact we do neither. — Richard Preston

We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves. — Beth Moore

No power on earth, no power beneath the earth, will ever prevent you or me or any Latter-day Saint from being saved, except ourselves — Heber J. Grant

Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold. — Emily Carr

Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves. — Robert Graves

There is no choice between being kind to others, and being kind to ourselves. It is the same thing. — Piero Ferrucci

We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned? — Guy Ritchie

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. — Jeremy Collier

In New Zealand I think we often take ourselves too seriously, and being able to laugh at yourself is necessary in life without being too precious. — Murray Mexted

We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves. — Cynthia Hand

Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone ... not even to ourselves. — Scott Lynch

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves. — Seneca The Elder

The only way to save our dreams is by being generous with ourselves. — Paulo Coelho

It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves. — C.S. Lewis

Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves. — Honore De Balzac

Why do I write?
To be somewhere else
To get free of ourselves
To stop
To stop being anything or anywhere at all
To disappear — Rainbow Rowell

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so. — Jerome K. Jerome

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves. — Leo Buscaglia

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being. — Tobin Hart

When we experience conflict or dissatisfaction, we are being called on to develop something in ourselves that is weak, hidden, or unknown. — Jett Psaris

We are here not to make something of ourselves. We are here to Be ourselves. — Michelle Cruz-Rosado

When we are at peace with ourselves the total expression of that true peace includes our outer being; our body. — Bryant H. McGill

One major cost of self-deception is that we use painful life experiences to justify being non-ideal versions of ourselves. — Cortney S. Warren

We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it; but we avoid such as differ from us. — Walter Savage Landor

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Recovery is not about being right; it's about allowing ourselves to be who we are and accepting others as they are. — Melody Beattie

We turn ourselves into beasts so that we may cope with being human. — Tirumalai S. Srivatsan

We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way. — Aldous Huxley

Being connected to everything has disconnected us from ourselves and the preciousness of this present moment. — L.M. Browning

The missing link between animals and the real human being is most likely ourselves. — Konrad Lorenz

The human being has enormous resources in the power to heal. And in those resources lie things that we ourselves need to clear or feel. — Maya Tiwari

We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves. — Miroslav Volf

The French are very bizarre. There is this collective depiction: 'We're in decline, we're being assailed, we must protect ourselves.' — Alain Juppe

I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff. — Ed Sheeran

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift. — Billy Joel

I think the truth is that finding ourselves brings more excitement and well-being than anything romance has to offer, and somewhere we know that. — Bell Hooks

This society believed it was looking towards a new future, yet we consistently find ourselves being dragged backwards. — David Ervine

Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror. — Antonio Porchia

It is important to measure ourselves at least once in life, undertake a personal odyssey that constructs a clarifying prism of our being. — Kilroy J. Oldster

It's amazing the damage we do to ourselves and others when all we're trying to do is protect ourselves from being hurt. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK. — Donald Fagen

The only way we'll be saved is if we save ourselves. Good people can't triumph over bad people just by being good; they have to act. — Dean Koontz

Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves. — Marcus Garvey

Being a Christian means renouncing ourselves, taking up the cross and carrying it with Jesus. There is no other way. — Pope Francis