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We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
Compassion
George Eliot

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Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.
Wisdom
Queen Elizabeth

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Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.
Fools and Foolishness
Havelock Ellis

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Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
Intervention
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.
self-esteem
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is a tendency for things to right themselves.
Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Trust
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves.
self-esteem
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The weakest spot in any person is where they think themselves to be the wisest.
Weakness
G. Emmons

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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Perfection
Epictetus

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For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
Vocation
Clifton Fadiman

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There is a point at which methods devour themselves.
Methods
Frantz Fanon

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If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
Discipline
William Feather

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Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
Leaders and Leadership
Henry Ford

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When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.
Problems
Henry Ford

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There is no shame in taking orders from those who themselves have learned to obey.
Obedience
William Edward Forster

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Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch.
Popularity
Fournier

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Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
Opposition
Gene Fowler

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We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.
Egotism
Anatole France

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The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
Security
Erich Fromm

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Many come to bring their clothes to church rather than themselves.
Churches
Thomas Fuller

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We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.
Stupidity
Paul Gauguin

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Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.
Conflict
German Proverb

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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.
Self-control
Edward Gibbon

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A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.
Justice
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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