#elves

So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do. ↗

— Mother Maribel

#circumstances #instead #letting #meant #often

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves. ↗

— George H. Mead

#interests #nation #our #ourselves #primal

There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#before #better #day #done #every

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#find #fit #image #love #love is

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate. ↗

— John Metcalf

#honest #keep #themselves #writers

Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two. ↗

— Maria Monk

#crossed #dipped #door #fingers #holy

The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

#fight #only #our #people #rhythm

I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about? ↗

— Liam Neeson

#ask #catholic #consciously #day #doing

I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves. ↗

— Susan Olsen

#care #government #i #i believe #i believe in

The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves. ↗