"If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person."

Bunche, Ralph on ideas   

"Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things."

Dogen on ideas
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"Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people."

Gibson, Tobias S. on ideas
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"Ideas move fast when their time comes."

Heilbrun, Carolyn on ideas
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"A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on ideas
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"Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on ideas
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"When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes."

Hugo, Victor on listening
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"Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them."

Imhoff, Roger G. on listening
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"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."

Moss, Richard on listening
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"No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen."

Proverb, Jewish on listening
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"Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly."

Tyger, Frank on listening   

"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble."

Tyger, Frank on listening
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"God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we can hear twice as much as we say."

Unknown, Source on listening   

"One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply."

Unknown, Source on listening
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"Hear much, speak little"

Unknown, Source on listening   

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"Inaction may be the biggest form of action."

Brown, Jerry on patience
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"Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul."

Bacon, Francis on patience
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"It doesn't matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter what we do."

Heavenrich, Charly on acceptance
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"If a person lacks self-acceptance, he can't live with himself; if he lacks self-criticism, others can't live with him."

Pike, James Albert on acceptance
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"Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself."

Balzac, Honore De on acceptance
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"We are constantly invited to be who we are."

Thoreau, Henry David on self-appraisal
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"I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself."

Piazza, Mike on self-approval
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"It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others."

Harris, Sidney J. on self-conflict
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"When fight begins within himself, a man's worth something."

Browning, Sir Frederick on self-conflict   

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."

Aristotle on self-control
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"The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust."

Billings, Josh on self-control
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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

Confucius on self-control
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"We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win."

Gibbon, Edward on self-control
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"Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward."

Hill, Napoleon on self-control
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"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

Lao-Tzu on self-control
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"He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself."

Massinger, Philip on self-control
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"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

Ball, Lucille on self-esteem
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"Study to be what you wish to seem."

Bate, John on self-esteem   

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"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others."

Buddha on self-esteem
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"It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on self-esteem   

"Trust yourself, then you will know how to live."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on self-esteem
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"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."

Gracian, Baltasar on self-esteem
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"Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem."

Hoffer, Eric on self-esteem
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"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."

Hoffer, Eric on self-esteem
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"Whatever your job, it is important if it is what God wants you to do."

Jacobsen, Henry on self-esteem