#ourselves

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. ↗

— Graham Greene

#always #bell #calls #dumb #guard

Obviously there will be a backlash. If you believe the hype you have to believe a backlash too. Any criticism we get, is always stuff we've already criticised ourselves. ↗

— Jonny Greenwood

#always #any #backlash #believe #criticised

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#hold #our #ourselves #stars

And if we are in this state, if we had an eternity of probation, what reason have we to suppose that we should profit by it - if we had ever so long a time to chose for ourselves we should pursue our own will, to gratify our carnal I desires. ↗

— Elias Hicks

#chose #desires #eternity #ever #gratify

Then, certainly, to be a Christian is to love God above all, and our neighbour as ourselves. ↗

— Elias Hicks

#certainly #christian #god #love #neighbour

I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#i #i think #lives #our #ourselves

The thing about playing gods, whether you're playing Thor and Loki or Greco Roman gods or Indian gods or characters in any mythology, the reason that gods were invented was because they were basically larger versions of ourselves. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#any #basically #because #characters #gods

We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion. ↗

— Tommy Hilfiger

#american dream #brand #dream #europe #fashion

We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward - to be bold - to invest in our future. ↗

— John Hoeven

#faith #forward #future #invest #move

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#happiness #life #loved #ourselves #rather