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BILL GOSNELL I know that right choices by definition are the means by which life crystallizes loss.
AMOR TOWLES Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.
ERIC HOFFER By his own definition, he is a terrorist.
CINDY SHEEHAN The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your p...
RUPAUL Intelligence is dangerous. Intelligence means you will start thinking on your own; you will start lo...
OSHO Never be bullied by assault.Never allow yourself to be made a victim.Accept no one’s definition of...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If you cannot attract a woman, you are, by definition, sterile.
ERIK VON MARKOVIK I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
LA MONTE YOUNG Ariel: “Eric!”
Eric: “Do not sing me back to shore! Not until you are standing on two fee...
KHALIA N. HADES Your past and your pain will certainly impact you,
but they don’t have to define you. You get...
SCOTT STABILE Never be bullied by assault.Never allow yourself to be made a victim.Accept no one’s definition of...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your ow...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI Eric: ''What part do you like best?'' Sookie: ''oh your butt'' Eric: ''My...Bottom?'' Sookie: ''yep
CHARLAINE HARRIS Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are....
DOLLY PARTON It could be said that the AIDS pandemic is a classic own-goal scored by the human race against itsel...
PRINCESS ANNE IRELAND A journey awakens all our old fears of danger and risk. Your life is on the line. You are living by ...
PAUL THEROUX Reinventing yourself is not a definition someone gives to you but a strong personal conviction to gr...
JOHN CLEMENT OGHINAN We're all on our own, aren't we? That's what it boils down to.
We come into this world o...
LOIS LOWRY By having good memories on every place you just visit,
you are building paradise in your own h...
TOBA BETA To break your own record on this world. You must cross the line set by your own fears on it"
LEBOGANG MARUMO By winning in Iowa and winning in New Hampshire, the press carried his message. And by the press car...
EVAN TRACEY Cloud computing means you are doing your computing on somebody else's computer. Looking ahead a ...
WHITFIELD DIFFIE Self-condemnation means speaking against one's own success. If can't stop confirming your incompeten...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR The Divine Spirit helps those who
help themselves.
However, it is not by your
own means . . .
But by...
DETECTIVE DAVID LOVE Black man, you are on your own.
STEVEN BIKO Never care what other people think of you. You are master of your own ship of life & move ahead of y...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the wo...
BARBARA SHER 'Value' almost by definition has a ceiling on it.
CLAUDIA MOTT The definition of your happiness is how happy people are when they are around you
AUGIE Die by your own sword. Live by your principles. ... If you forget what's important to you, you'll be...
MARILYN TAM To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done t...
CATHARINE MACKINNON Its all about perception, that is how you look at. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether it ...
STELLA PAYTON You're much more likely to be attacked by lightning or by your own toilet than you are by a shark,
PETER BENCHLEY Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be...
MARK HADDON Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become o...
SEUNG SAHN You do not even think of your own past as quite real; you dress it up, you gild it or blacken it, ce...
JOHN FOWLES You will never achieve a goal by definition unless you try.
AULIQ ICE If you have very few individuals and you affect a few of those individuals, you almost by definition...
JONATHAN GILBERT Focus on your own actions and you should not be affected by others.
NISHAL MAHARAJ The only definition by which America's best days are behind it is on a purely relative basis.
BILL GATES Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not...
WAYNE DYER Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you
are a whole, total person, not...
WAYNE DYER Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not...
BEVERLY SILLS You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.
MILES FRANKLIN You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
OPRAH WINFREY Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your ow...
STEPHEN CURRY Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.
CHARLES SCRIBNER JR. Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.
CHARLES SCRIBNER, JR. There are different uniforms for different occasions. There's the uniform you wear on the court, the...
DAVID STERN Let your wisdom guide you
On your own personal journey
By listening to your heart
Yo...
KAREN HACKEL We need a new definition of malnutrition. Malnutrition means under- and over-nutrition. Malnutrition...
CATHERINE BERTINI Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chain...
JOHN HENRIK CLARKE Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable.
HUGH DANCY Your best walk is the one you walk with your own style! Imitating others means wiping out ourselves!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN That depends on what your definition of "is" is
BILL CLINTON Many countries in the Western Pacific still do not have a (pandemic) plan of their own -- only seven...
BOB DIETZ If you're bound by debt you are most likely bound by a miserable job, location or house against your...
GREGORY E NEMER The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don't b...
ALBERT ELLIS If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the...
TONI MORRISON You will live your life secure in that you are no longer manipulated by what other people want you t...
H. STANLEY JUDD You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-ki...
VICTORIA OSTEEN The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not ...
ALBERT ELLIS Be a master of yourself.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll l...
COLIN POWELL You stay in your comfortable houses built by your fathers. I stay on my own. You lead secure lives. ...
AVIJEET DAS When you work on your own life, you are less likely to hyper focus on the imperfections of your husb...
MARTHA QUINN You can make your own records and videos [inexpensively]. It means that artists sell on their merits...
GUY GARVEY If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. ...
TONI MORRISON What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans
CANDICE BERGEN Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.
CANDICE BERGEN It depends on your definition of getting slammed. Are we going to get enough snow to make travel haz...
MIKE JACKSON Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.
CHARLES SCRIBNER, JR. It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have ...
ERMA BOMBECK No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.
BANANA YOSHIMOTO The definition of security must be broadened to encompass the security of people, as well as states....
IRENE KHAN You are your own cannoe and you are your own paddle, so paddle your own cannoe. Society had taught u...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR When we are kids, we imagine that to define ourselves or to find ourselves means charting your own i...
PICO IYER Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinki...
SUSAN TAYLOR Sincerity & integrity are earned by your own effort by being honest to your cause.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA The always-on economy, by definition, depends upon continuous energy.
CHARLES PLATT Stop comparing yourself with others. If they are good at something, you too are good at something el...
STEPHEN RICHARDS You do not have a mind belongs to yourself! Your thoughts are the thoughts of your culture! When you...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Being in charge of your work life doesn't mean you always move with assurance and sublime self-confi...
CHARLOTTE BEERS Without an adequate response, an epidemic can develop into a pandemic, which generally means it has ...
ALAN HUFFMAN A lot of people knew who Eric was. You didn't go in Casey's and not know Eric.
ANNE REEVES You create the flow, you are a leader, you go with the flow, you are a follower, if you are up again...
APURVA GAGLANI The dream you cherish & nourish in your heart are most noble part of your life.Strive to make your d...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA When you are on top of your stuff, which on its own will secure you continuous increase
SUNDAY ADELAJA Stop chasing society’s definition of success and chase your own definition of success. Success is ...
KYLE D. JONES Be true to yourself. Being true to yourself is most effective way to make you proud of yourself.Make...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It's been over 30 years since we've had a pandemic, so inevitably we are going to have a pandemic wi...
ANTHONY FAUCI Picking the best solution really depended on your definition of best.
VICTORIA SCHWAB Self respect by definition is a confidence and pride in feeling that you are behaving in an honorabl...
MIYA YAMANOUCHI YOU are your own guru. YOU are your own soul mate. YOU are powerful. Take the reigns and drive your ...
AMY LEIGH MERCREE If you know were your going, you will do by all means in order to reach your destiny.
NEMUKONDENI TSHIMBILUNI By unnerving definition, anything that the heart has chosen for its own mysterious reasons it can al...
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BOB DIETZ It would be my intention to ask administration to do more research.
CONNIE DIETZ Nothing has been decided. We are a long ways off.
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ERIC SPITZNAGEL The chief cause of problems is solutions.
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ERIC HOFFER It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
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ERIC MACKAY The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist...
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ERIC HOFFER One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.
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ERIC HOFFER I loved learning, it was school I hated. I used to cut school to go learn something.
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ERIC HOFFER We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.
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ERIC BURDON If you think you can do it, you can.
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ERIC HOFFER Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about o...
ERIC HOFFER The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine h...
ERIC HOFFER Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
GOLNIK ERIC We don't change what we are, we change what we think what we are.
ERIC BUTTERWORTH A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.
ERIC HOFFER There is perhaps no more reliable indicator of a society's ripeness for a mass movement than the pre...
ERIC HOFFER The self-styled intellectual who is impotent with pen and ink hungers to write history with sword an...
ERIC HOFFER We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every...
ERIC HOFFER Competing with an other is exhilarating, challenging, and healthy. That is what Games are for. When...
ERIC PARSLOW A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-...
ERIC HOFFER Absence of communication between necessarily linked parties ensures eventual conflict.
ERIC PARSLOW