#selves

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#fashion #great #great things #silence #themselves

Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves. ↗

— David Vitter

#confidence #defense #government #led #less

We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves. ↗

— Errico Malatesta

#people #themselves #want

In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. ↗

— David Mamet

#away #based #days #evenings #family

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#back #constitutional #effective #europe #force

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#last #need #ourselves #rather #than

Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#better #everybody #face #friends #good

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#get #give #giving #harvest #more

The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. ↗

— Herbert Marcuse

#commodities #equipment #find #hi-fi #home

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#control #destiny #fail #long #make