#others

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. ↗

— Aesop

#derive #misfortunes #others #unhappy

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. ↗

— James Allen

#coerce #command #guidance #him #himself

Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since World War II. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#countries #destructive #dozen #empire #expanding

I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me. ↗

— Victoria de los Angeles

#exterior #fuss #i #interested #like

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#insoluble #neither #nor #others #our

I love clothes, but I don't know what to put on myself, let alone others. I have a lot of help getting dressed. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#clothes #dressed #getting #getting dressed #help

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball. ↗

— Carmelo Anthony

#basketball #basketball court #court #game #goes

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#contemplate #contemplated #deliver #illuminate #merely

I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#billie #billie holiday #comparison #creative #emotion

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#certain #every #marked #nations #others