#ourselve

We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#chains #comfort #death #die #even

You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterwards. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#born #families #into #know #make

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#again #burning #burning desire #desire #disappointment

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. It also means that without it life will be valueless. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#business #find #know #life #living

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#aim #already #assuring #encourage #flattery

If we are all in agreement on the decision - then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement and perhaps gain some understanding of what the decision is all about. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

#agreement #decision #develop #disagreement #discussion

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#always #extent #large #large extent #make

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#delight #discovery #love is #others #ourselves

Sixteen games, to me, is a long enough schedule for anybody. We're already concerning ourselves with head injuries and bodily harm to all of the professional athletes. Add to extra games to it, (and) you are just increasing those risks. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#already #anybody #athletes #bodily #concerning

We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children. ↗

— Gordon Smith

#aside #attempt #children #differences #felt