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William Gladstone

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Topic: Self
Location: Canyonlands National Park
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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I have always regarded that Constitution as the most remarkable work known to me in modern times to have been produced by the human intellect, at a single stroke (so to speak), in its application to political affairs.

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The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all physicians of all the countries in the world. — William Gladstone

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side. — William Gladstone

National injustice is the surest road to national downfall. — William Gladstone

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. — Bertrand Russell

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. — Thomas Fuller

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Speech is pulling a straw out of thatch—once out it cannot be replaced. — African Proverb

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Action Time Work

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool. — Carl Jung

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. — Friedrich Nietzsche

No one really knows enough to be a pessimist. — Norman Cousins

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him. — Norman Vincent Peale

Attitude Change Prayer

For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life. — Dale Carnegie

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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages.

› Ralph Waldo Emerson

Magic is believing in yourself. If you can make that happen, you can make anything happen. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Belief Confidence Self Self-esteem

I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody. — Louis L’Amour

Confidence Liberty Self Self-esteem Solitude

Trust yourself: every heart vibrates the same iron string. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Confidence Self Self-esteem Trust

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

› Rene Descartes

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. — Abraham Lincoln

Choice Decision Happiness Self

An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe

Confidence Planning Preparation Self

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. — Margaret Mead

Those who waste time only hurt themselves. — African Proverb

If we ourselves remain angry and then sing world peace, it has little meaning. First, our individual self must learn peace. This we can practice. Then we can teach the rest of the world. — Dalai Lama

Anger Peace Practice Self

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly. — Oscar Wilde

Within the book and volume of my brain. — William Shakespeare

Education Self Solitude Thinking

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

› Benjamin Franklin

Knowledge Learning Self

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. — Johann Friedrich Schiller

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Change Leadership Self

Real success is success with self. It’s not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self. — Anwar Sadat

Self Success Victory

When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. — Rochefoucauld

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. — Sophia Loren

Faith Self Work

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. — Lucille Ball

Love Self Self-esteem

When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. — Harriet Tubman

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If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. — Nikola Tesla

Awareness Self Thinking

You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me. — Helen Keller

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You are the reflection of what you think. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Awareness Perception Self Thinking

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