- Nov 07, 2020
Myself Quotes
Quotes on knowing yourself.
These quotes turn inward, questioning long-held traditions and how one sees oneself - one recalls identifying strongly as a mathematician rather than a technologist, while another admits, with some humor, to relying on charm rather than looks. Related reading includes I Am Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
One day I was talking about what I was going to do next, and just found myself announcing it: 'I'm going to write a book about my father.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People will occasionally ask me if I understand what it's like to be lonely. And the truth is I don't, because for me, solitariness is a blessing, a gift. Me, I get on fine with myself.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without the least hope that I can find out the ways of the Eternal in this or in any other world.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my bookshelves and see hundreds of titles which in my memory seem merely mediocre or second-rate. Only occasionally does a novel appear for which I feel a lasting passion, a book that I think could in time become a classic.
- Boat
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
After a long, impartial enquiry of the truth, and after much and earnest calling upon God, to give unto me the spirit and revelation in the knowledge of Him, I find myself obliged, both by the principles of reason and Scripture, to embrace the opinion I now hold forth.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we have to take personal responsibility for our actions, I have a great deal of empathy for people who are unconsciously racially biased, and indeed count myself among their number.
- Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't call myself an actor, I call myself an entertainer, because I don't just do one thing.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel sorry for myself, because I'm living my dream. Even when I was a little boy I used to stand in the playground and pretend I was on 'Opportunity Knocks.'
- Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020