Themselves Quotes

Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population.

It is not yet too late for the Indian people to decide on rapid, ordered progress. I can assure them that the British people are as determined upon self-government for India as they are themselves.

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not that that they are particularly stand-up I have to say, but I think they have been great for women and they are of themselves just incredibly funny whether they are male or female.

I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb.

True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Personally, people know themselves very poorly.

I'm in the studio 24 hours a day. It's true that once you get a certain level of success, you become a target. Talk magazine should be ashamed of themselves.

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby.

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.

Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?

Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves.

The gods help them that help themselves.

When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.

People get so attached to a position which they identify themselves with that they just spurt it out, but they can't really give you a viable reason why they feel that way.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind.

People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.

People have to deal with their issues together; they have to expose themselves and kind of exhaust themselves.