#thyself

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. ↗

— Akhenaton

#friend #indulge #murder #own #passion

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou. ↗

— Akhenaton

#act #action #change #establish #ever

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#advantage #alone #lose #society #solitude

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#eat #others #please #thyself

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#had #often #thee #thyself #who

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#i #may #me #only #purify

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#know #man #mankind #presume #proper

Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair. ↗

— Ieyasu Tokugawa

#discontent #imperfection #inconvenience #lot #mortals

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#deep #god #humble #knowledge #learning

What we become shouldn't be dictated by the mud and the dung and the dust and the fire and the ice and the dirt and the spit that hit us in the face, but what we become must be a choice made every day in the heart; and they who threw all of that at us to try and defile us– they will look up at us and see us no less beautiful. And even more beautiful. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-quotes #know-thyself #beauty