#elf

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#criticism #employment #first #guide #itself

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on. ↗

— Barack Obama

#feel #future #going #i #myself

There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. ↗

— Antisthenes

#dearly #enemy #friend #his #lost

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#distance #i #i wish #more #myself

I don't think of myself as hot or cool or anything, just a dork. ↗

— Ashley Olsen

#anything #dork #hot #i #just

If you believe in yourself, if you are without fear, you will also be tolerant, non-aggressive and find love. ↗

— Rollo Armstrong

#believe #believe in yourself #fear #find #love

Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself. ↗

— Eugene Delacroix

#herself #language #she #show #soul

I'm kind of a more sunshiny person myself. ↗

— Katy Perry

#kind #more #myself #person

I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding. ↗

— Flavius Josephus

#both #brother #brought #father #great

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#balance #certain #civilization #civilized #civilized man