You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
Henry David Thoreau
Moment, Present, Yourself
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.”
Sun Tzu
Enemy, Fight, Yourself
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
“If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.”
Sun Tzu
Enemy, You, Yourself
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”
Sun Tzu
Enemy, Fear, Yourself
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”
Ayn Rand
Enjoy, Purpose, Yourself
From a Darwinian perspective, it is clear what pain is doing. It's a warning: 'Don't do that again.' If you burn yourself, you're never going to pick up a live coal again.
“From a Darwinian perspective, it is clear what pain is doing. It's a warning: 'Don't do that again.' If you burn yourself, you're never going to pick up a...”
Richard Dawkins
Pain, Perspective, Yourself
Don't kid yourself that you're going to live again after you're dead; you're not. Make the most of the one life you've got. Live it to the full.
“Don't kid yourself that you're going to live again after you're dead; you're not. Make the most of the one life you've got. Live it to the full.”
Richard Dawkins
Life, Live, Yourself
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.”
Plato
Great, Greatest, Yourself
People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.
“People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've...”
Frank Sinatra
Luck, Moment, Yourself
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.
“When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Wisdom, You, Yourself
When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.
“When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.”
Tupac Shakur
Character, Train, Yourself
For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.
“For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes...”
Robin Williams
Anger, Hypocrisy, Yourself
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
Lucille Ball
Love, Love Yourself, World
I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.
“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.”
Lucille Ball
Love, Religion, Yourself
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”
Margaret Thatcher
Important, Pride, Yourself
No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.
“No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to...”
Margaret Thatcher
Time, Woman, Yourself
Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.”
Michel de Montaigne
Brainy, Others, Yourself
We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.
“We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead...”
Michelle Obama
Dignity, Work, Yourself
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I...”
Michelle Obama
Goals, I Am, Yourself
'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.
“'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.”
Lady Gaga
Proud, Way, Yourself
I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.
“I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.”
Shemar Moore
Acting, Experience, Yourself
I like the idea that one thing leads to another. You can tweet something completely innocuous, and then find yourself going off on a tangent that's inspired by a response.
“I like the idea that one thing leads to another. You can tweet something completely innocuous, and then find yourself going off on a tangent that's inspired...”
Steve Martin
Find, You, Yourself
A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the tongue. Also, it can be as dangerous as too much salt. I think that you must struggle for betterment for yourself and for everyone.
“A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as salt to the tongue. Also, it can be as dangerous as...”
Maya Angelou
Racism, Struggle, Yourself
Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.
“Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.”
Richard Bach
Live, World, Yourself
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.”
Saint Teresa of Avila
Motivational, Yourself
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
“Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.”
Saint Teresa of Avila
Love, Soul, Yourself
You have to be true to yourself.
“You have to be true to yourself.”
Hillary Clinton
Be True, True, Yourself
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
“You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.”
Napoleon Hill
Remember, Success, Yourself
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.
“Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.”
Blaise Pascal
People, Speak, Yourself
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.
“The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are...”
Bill Murray
Better, Job, Yourself