#elf

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

#himself #i #interesting #know #life

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#hope #i #interesting #lot #memoirs

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#dignity #free #free people #fundamental #human

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security. ↗

— William Cavendish

#finds #hand #haunches #heavy #himself

Style comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be in the world; it does not come from wanting to be somebody else, or wanting to be thinner, shorter, taller, prettier. ↗

— Nina Garcia

#confidence #self-assurance #self-esteem #self-worth #style

The Holy Grail is within you – find your Inner Treasure ↗

— Jay Woodman

#inner-beauty #inner-being #inner-peace #inner-self #inner-strength

Along with the lazy man... the dying man is the immoral man: the former, a subject that does not work; the latter, an object that no longer even makes itself available to be worked on by others. ↗

— Michel De Certeau

#available #does #dying #even #former

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#does #link #merely #new #oneself

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#crucified #every #every man #himself #man

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed. ↗

— George Chapman

#himself #indeed #king #law #need