#selves

Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#father #knowing #little #man #many

What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change. ↗

— Simon Travaglia

#change #changes #fear #form #i

Comedians tend to find a comfort zone and stay there and do lamer versions of themselves for the rest of their career. ↗

— Chris Rock

#comedians #comfort #comfort zone #find #rest

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#anything #being #being yourself #get #into

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#determined #give #meanings #ourselves #situations

What we buy, and pay for, is part of ourselves. ↗

— Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

#ourselves #part #pay

The first half of life is spent mainly in finding out who we are through seeing ourselves in our interaction with others. ↗

— June Singer

#first #half #interaction #life #mainly

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#enough #find #make #men #opportunities

What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want. ↗

— Nelson Boswell

#find #must #ourselves #out #really

He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#him #makes #making #people #pleased