#ourselve

We are constantly creating ourselves by what we move toward or away from. ↗

— George Weinberg

#constantly #creating #move #ourselves #toward

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#aim #barely #best #did #done

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' ↗

— Lao Tzu

#did #good #good leader #great #leader

We have to lie to ourselves as decathletes and say that we like all ten events. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#lie #like #ourselves #say #ten

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#america #ancestors #been #beloved #echo

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#being #constantly #cups #filled #how

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#company #conversation #displaying #drawing #gift

We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to rise up. Sooner or later this will happen. ↗

— Sergei Udaltsov

#defend #destroy #full #happen #later

You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#got #organize #stop #you #yourselves

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#charity #enemy #every #every man #executioner