#lone

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#alone #lead #self-control #self-knowledge #sovereign

When I was I younger I didn't want to be gay. Not because I was scared of the sexual thing; I didn't want to be a clone. Now this was in the late '70s. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#clone #gay #i #late #now

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#ashamed #dying #graces #humble #let us

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#cannot #crowd #job #lead #lonely

There is no loneliness like that of a failed marriage. ↗

— Alexander Theroux

#like #loneliness #marriage

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#i #idea #isolation #like #lonely

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#lonely #principled #usually

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#back #except #fall #nothing #only

Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will? ↗

— Cal Thomas

#freedom #honor #imperfectly #lead #lonely

You aren't going to leave me alone are you? ↗

— Edie Adams

#going #leave #leave me alone #me #you