#selves

Communists should be the first to be concerned about other people and country and the last to enjoy themselves. ↗

— Zhao Ziyang

#be the first #communists #concerned #country #enjoy

These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#figure #got #guys #keep #little

It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or others who will do us the good service of telling us the truth about ourselves. When we don't, we can so easily delude ourselves, lose a sense of truth about ourselves, and our conscience loses power and purpose. Mostly, we tell ourselves what we would like to hear. We lose our way. ↗

— Jon Katz

#truth #conscience

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness. ↗

— Criss Jami

#denial #facing #facing-fear #facing-problems #fear

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

— Anatole France

#another #before #behind #changes #die

When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#bar #burden #cannot #doubts #far

We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike. ↗

— David Ansen

#dislike #enriched #love #love is #make

I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#folks #i #me #most #out

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#better #excel #get #greatest #i

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#get #liberate #more #themselves #try