#ourselves

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#bond #cannot #else #form #give

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#face #given #god #god hath #hath

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another! ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#before #behind #changes #die #enter

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#focus #focused #horribly #impossible #lot

When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#because #decided #got #happened #just

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#continue #down #hope #i #laugh

We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure. ↗

— Carly Simon

#deny #now #ourselves #period #physically

Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#better #clearly #condition #create #find

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry. ↗

— Paul Simon

#bandstand #called #dance #got #i

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