Inspirational Character Quotes to Help You Build Your Best Self - page 40

Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.
Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.
As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.
Inequality is the cause of all local movements.
Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.
The good news is, Americans know firsthand the benefits of a free market - more choices, lower prices, higher quality - and there is no reason why we cannot help them see these same benefits in health care.
 John Shadegg
The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity.
 Howard Mumford Jones
No matter what one says, you can recognize only those matters that are equal to you. Only rulers who possess extraordinary abilities will recognize and esteem properly extraordinary abilities in their subjects and servants.
If a man's associates find him guilty of being phony, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need, therefore, is integrity and high purpose.
If it is finally accepted that the personality in whole or part survives death - and I believe that it will be - then such a belief will be considered as modern as a belief in spaceships and rockets.
 Jane Roberts
Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely its reputation.
Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely its reputation.
 Vaclav Havel
Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.
 Samuel Richardson
To that extent that you can sustain and maintain that childlike part of your personality is probably the best part of acting.
 Paul Newman
The Senate is indeed a deliberative body, and that quality serves the nation well. A slow-moving government helps us maintain a stable government. But slow moving is not the same as immobile.
 John C. Danforth
There is a certain imperiousness, in the manner of speaking and in actions, which makes itself felt everywhere, and soon wins attention and respect. This commanding quality is useful in all affairs, and even for obtaining what we ask for.
 Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
 Barbara Jordan
If your outer life is really a reflection of the quality of your inner life, then it's a brilliant move to spend at least an hour a day working on yourself.
I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.
 Elizabeth I
Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.
Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.
 Anthony Sampson
A society that does not recognise that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.