#yourself

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead. ↗

— Chanakya

#always #am #answers #ask #before

I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#catholic #deeply #i #i was raised #raised

When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively. ↗

— America Ferrera

#betty #creatively #doing #else #everyone

You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#anything #battle #cheerful #confer #effort

If you believe in a cause, you must be willing to put yourself on the line for that cause. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#cause #line #must #put #willing

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life? ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#deny #life #you #your #yourself

I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#child #gifts #give #giving #greatest

You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk. ↗

— George Clooney

#learn #much #never #really #talk

You do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of. ↗

— Constantine Karamanlis

#life #out #philosophy #talk #you

The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#attachment #being #ego #excitement #feeling