Himself Quotes

There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

I'm much better informed than Mr. Clarke ever was about the nature of the intelligence that was available again Osama bin Laden and which was consistently denigrated by himself and Mr. Tenet.

No man can resolve himself into Heaven.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.

And so Adam, in that his speech to Eve, uttered his faith in the promise made to her of her seed, and so in that respect Adam himself came in under her covenant.

No man is hurt but by himself.

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words.

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.

No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.

War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves.

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything.

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.

From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which surrounds him; but he created it true with a truth all its own.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.

If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the whole world.

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.