#ourself

Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain. ↗

— Joe Davis

#highest #humble #retain #study #things

If 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself: 'Dijkstra would not have liked this', well that would be enough immortality for me. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#dirty #doing #enough #i #i am

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit. ↗

— Rita Dove

#complexities #human #human spirit #means #really

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#become #boring #events #life #pompous

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#matter #next #pick #project #up

As a rule, wearing a bigger pair of jeans looks better than squishing yourself into a pair of jeans that used to fit before you gave up smoking. ↗

— Jenny Eclair

#better #bigger #fit #gave #into

The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day. ↗

— David Eddings

#boss #christmas #day #every #every day

If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes. ↗

— Bob Edwards

#done #jokes #laugh #most #own

Part of resilience is deciding to make yourself miserable over something that matters, or deciding to make yourself miserable over something that doesn't matter. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#make #matter #matters #miserable #over

Being flirty is a way of letting a guy know you're interested without making a fool out of yourself. ↗

— Carmen Electra

#fool #guy #interested #know #letting