Himself Quotes

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

Man, like other organisms, is so perfectly coordinated that he may easily forget, whether awake or asleep, that he is a colony of cells in action, and that it is the cells which achieve, through him, what he has the illusion of accomplishing himself.

Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man when he brings it something; only the paternal home thanks the son who brings nothing but himself.

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.

He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

What I thought we ought to try to do in a book like this is to focus closely on Lincoln, himself, to see what he knew, how he knew it, how he came to make the decisions that he did, and how he implemented them.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.