#yourself

I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#going #i #i think #joy #movies

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#create #emptiness #fill #more #rest

Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#made #see #set #then #you

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable. ↗

— Xun Zi

#despise #determination #detestable #evil #good

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. ↗

— Buddha

#anybody #anywhere #deserve #deserving #entire

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#get #jail #know #sentence #want

Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#appear #before #caring #concern #cure

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#inconsistent #manner #perform #see #way

It is a juggling act and I have been in it for 12 years now, which is about 11 years longer than I thought I would be, and then the priority there is thinking how can I stay somewhat irrelevant so that you can continue to survive and can continue to work and put yourself in a position to get to do the work you are truly passionate about. ↗

— Edward Burns

#act #been #continue #get #how

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#agents #allow #being #discouraged #either