Own Quotes

My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films.

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

The free world must not prove itself worthy of its own past.

The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms.

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.

Our state is in crisis. Our people are hurting. Now is the time when we all must resist the traditional, selfish call to protect your own turf at the cost of our state. It is time to leave the corner, join the sacrifice, come to the center of the room and be part of the solution.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Those who own much have much to fear.

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

I've had an unbelievable life. I've been very lucky. You do create your own luck too, you know? I never forget where I'm from. Whenever I pass a building site or see somebody digging a ditch, I always think, 'That's real work.'

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.