I’ll be the judge of my own manliness.
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.
I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.
Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
Make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You push for colour-blind casting; you draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are, not what colour your parents happen to be.
It’s not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence.
Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
My clients can choose their own colours and fabrics to have something unique in their wardrobes.
The world, when you look at it, it just can’t be random. I mean, it’s so different than the vast emptiness that is everything else, and even all the other planets we’ve seen, at least in our solar system, none of them even remotely resemble the precious life-giving nature of our own planet.
Greed is the lack of confidence of one’s own ability to create.
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Fragrance, to me, is a scent that you can call your own, have other people identify you with, and also express the vibes that you’re feeling that day.
I have my own style and my own body language.
A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.
Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it’s a search for how I can do things better, whether it’s being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve.
Freedom – to walk free and own no superior.
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.
Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
Pave your own path and be fearless.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one’s own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.
You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.
Investing in women’s lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations – and consequently in our own long-term national interests.
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
Each of you, as an individual, must pick your own goals. Listen to others, but do not become a blind follower.
I am an undisputed gangster. To me, that means playing by my own rules.
Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don’t. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time.
Own your identity. Love who you are in the world. Love your deafness.
If you’re wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.
Follow your own star!
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.
Whenever I see a mirror, I just look at myself, or when I see my own reflection, I quickly take a look; I won’t lie about that. But when I am in front of the camera, it’s just the character, not me.
It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving – as if it were an individual person – its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.
For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
To be a good citizen, it’s important to be able to put yourself in other people’s shoes and see the big picture. If everything you see is rooted in your own identity, that becomes difficult or impossible.
We are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. But we have been purchased with a dear price. We have cost an immense sum, even the sufferings and death of the Son of God.
And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
I am my own muse, the subject I know best.
Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact? If you don’t have a great idea of your own, there are plenty of great teams that need you – unknown startups and established teams in giant companies alike.
God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.
Follow your own path.
Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins.
Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they’ve got into being their own boss.
Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.
Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.
