What we Despise

“Nothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves.”
--Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Lose Yourself

“Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves.”
--Henry Miller

(click picture to enlarge)

Christmas is Necessary

“Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.”
--Eric Sevareid

Dislike in Others

“The things we dislike most in others are the characteristics we like least in ourselves.”
--Marian Keys

Hope's Gift

“Hope is a gift we give ourselves in our darkest despair.”
--Jeffrey Fry

(click picture to enlarge)

Not in the Stars

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
--William Shakespeare

America Destroyed

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within.”
--Unknown (misattributed to Abraham Lincoln)

Chosen Family

“Friends are the family we choose ourselves.”
--Edna Buchman

Your Choices, Your Responsibility

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”
--Eleanor Roosevelt

Acquisition of Power

“Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.”
--Bertrand Russell

To Be victorious

“To win, to be victorious, requires us to let go of every definition we have ever had of ourselves or which were imposed upon us by our view of our past.”
--Ivan Hoffman

Arrived

“Once we think we've arrived, it's the beginning of the end. We should always ask ourselves, what did we miss or do wrong?”
--David de Rothschild

Trouble By Fear

“We are only troubled by the fears which we, and not nature, give ourselves.”
--Blaise Pascal

Future Faith

“We can have faith in the future only if we have faith in ourselves.”
--John F. Kennedy

Must Dream

“Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming -- well, that's like saying you can never change your fate.”
--Amy Tan

Basic Insincerity

“The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others.”
--Anais Nin

How We Judge

“We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.”
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Save Ourselves

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
--Buddha

Meet The Dream

“Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it.”
--Louis L'Amour

It Ain't Easy

“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.”
--Marie Curie

(click picture to enlarge)