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The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
Growth
Confucius

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We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.
Prison
Cyril Connolly

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Of all my wife's relations I like myself the best.
Family
Joseph Cook

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No man ever listened himself out of a job.
Talkativeness
Calvin Coolidge

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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Army and Navy
Calvin Coolidge

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Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.
Selfishness
Julio Cortazar

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It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.
Self-worth
Jim Courier

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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
Pride
William Cowper

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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
Glory
William Cowper

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A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
Friends and Friendship
Frank Crane

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What is a friend? I will tell you it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
Friends and Friendship
Frank Crane

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To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
Failure
Francis Crawford

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Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Manners
Will Cuppy

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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Friends and Friendship
Czech Proverb

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To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.
Opponents
Cus D'Amato

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Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.
Self-improvement
Anthony J. D'Angelo

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Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
Misers and Misery
Edward Dahlberg

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I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.
Confession
Rodney Dangerfield

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Rust consumes iron and envy consumes itself.
Envy
Danish Proverb

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History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.
History and Historians
Clarence Darrow

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Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.
Humility
Joe Davis

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How selfhood begins with a walking away, and love is proved in the letting go.
Parents and Parenting
Robert Cecil Day-Lewis

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Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
Self-sacrifice
Margaret Deland

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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Wealth
Democritus

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If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
Injustice
Democritus

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun