When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in ‘renouncing’ one’s own self, by which I mean making up one’s mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being ‘happy’ or ‘unhappy’ in the usual meaning of the words.
If someone is being bullied or feels like an outsider, and they relate to something that I’ve done, even if it’s just igniting a spark, that’s great. I had that feeling as a kid. I was messed with no end.
True greatness consists in being great in little things.
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
It’s all about people. It’s about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you.
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.
I’m a human being. I’ve got opinions, I’m not always right, I’m not always on time, I don’t always say things in the proper way, but my intentions are always extremely pure.
There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
I tell you, in this world, being a little crazy helps to keep you sane.
I long for the countryside. That’s where I get my calm and tranquillity – from being able to come and find a spot of green.
The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.
It’s an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered. I’m really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special.
I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile, and I want to make people laugh. And that’s all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.
It’s an ongoing joy being a dad.
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
The best part about being alone is that you really don’t have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.
No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one.
Nowadays, everybody wanna be weird. We know how to manifest being weird.
Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.
I’m not trying to be different. To me, I’m just being myself.
If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that has certain propensities for quarrelling, filled with imagination and with appetite for the new and with respect for the old – somebody who takes good care of things and of people.
Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.
Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.
It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.
God has no grandchildren. He has only children, so being a born-again Christian is not an automatic thing.
Being a nice person is about courtesy: you’re friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.
I am looking forward to being part of the E! team. This unique opportunity allows my company to take the next step in providing multimedia content.
I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth.
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.
My motivation is being the best. Pretty simple and straightforward.
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind – it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally.
A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.
Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture.
Excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over again. You can hit a half-court shot once. That’s just the luck of the draw. If you consistently do it… that’s excellence.
That’s not a villain, that’s a man whose a victim of being in love with the wrong one.
To me, it’s not the end of the world if I end up not being with someone. I love romance. I love sex. I love men’s company, but I don’t feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they’re there or not.
Being self-made means putting yourself in position to help others put themselves in position to be successful.
We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.
Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego’s fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life.
By the end of my career I just really hated being out there on that field and being subjected to what was happening to me.
As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do – anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of – your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.
No human being should be a role model. We all have flaws.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
The burden of poverty isn’t just that you don’t always have the things you need, it’s the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you’d do anything to lift that burden.
Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each individual unique, and something over which we have no control. We are who we are in the deepest recesses of our minds, hearts and identities.
I feel like I’m opening the doors for more people. That they feel more comfortable being out. Especially in the hip-hop community.
Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. And when something nudges it into outline, it is like being ambushed by a grotesque.
No matter what the circumstances, you always enjoy being around guys that you bond with, win, lose, whatever it may be.
I think I’ve shown the world I’m a fierce competitor, yes. But I’ve also shown them that I’m a fierce human being.
We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have – for their usefulness.
War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.
People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that’s just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.
Whatever you wanna be, just, at the end of the day, if you’re being a good person, which is not hard to be, and you’re putting positive energy into the world, and you’re appreciative and loving to the people around you that care about you and everybody in general, then it’ll work out.
Everyone has something to contribute to this world. It’s just a matter of being given that opportunity to do so.
If you just focus on getting better, and not being the best, you have such a good time.
I pray to God every day that he makes me the biggest superstar, but before that, I ask God to make me a good actor. Being a star is hard, but being an actor is even harder. I want to be both before I am done.
