Being Quotes

The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful.

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.

I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem.

Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.

Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

There aren't many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that's a 24 hour job right there.

I get mad like anybody else does, but being able to laugh about getting mad is very healthy, and my kids know that.

People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.

I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.

I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.

We all deal with being unfairly judged.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.

Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.