#elf

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#made #see #set #then #you

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. ↗

— Xun Zi

#despise #determination #detestable #evil #good

I don't see myself as the Hunk of the Month. ↗

— Pierce Brosnan

#i #month #myself #see

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite. ↗

— James Broughton

#create #desire #destroy #even #fearing

For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic. ↗

— James Broughton

#itself #magic #me #out #poem

I want to say to you, Help yourself, so you can help someone else. ↗

— James Brown

#help #i #say #someone #want

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#cut #fewer #jobs #just #more

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change. ↗

— Jerry Brown

#communities #movement #must #political #self-reliant

I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top. ↗

— Julie Brown

#crazy #i #i think #obsession #over

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#i #i can #into #lead #me