Alan Greenspan Quotes, Mistake Quotes, Self Quotes

I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.

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All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Self Quotes , Words Of Wisdom Quotes

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.

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Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Self Quotes , Demand Quotes

Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.

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Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Self Quotes

Too much of a self-centered attitude creates mistrust and suspicion in others, which can in turn lead to fear. But if you have more of an open mind, and you cultivate a sense of concern for others' well-being, then, no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep your inner peace.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Self Quotes

Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.

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Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Self Quotes , Years Quotes

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.

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Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.

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Tags : Khalil Gibran Quotes , Time Quotes , Self Quotes

In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species.

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Know thy enemy and know thy self and you will win a hundred battles.

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Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , Winning Quotes , Self Quotes

I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily - are a different color than white can self-govern.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Believe Quotes , Self Quotes

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

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Tags : Confucius Quotes , Mean Quotes , Self Quotes

There are probably seven persons, in all, who really like my work; and they are enough. I should write even if I were the only patient reader, for my aim is merely self-expression.

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Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Writing Quotes , Self Quotes

Non-Islamic, non-foreign-motivated terrorist actions have killed at least as many Americans on American soil as those who were promoted by jihadists. But what we have also seen is ISIL evolve, because of the sophistication of their social media, to a point where they may be inspiring more attacks - even if they're self-initiated, even if they don't involve complex planning - than we would have seen some time ago.

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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.

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Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Self Quotes , Deception Quotes

History may be servitude. History may be freedom. See, now they vanish. The faces and places, with the self which, as it could, loved them, to become renewed, transfigured, in another pattern.

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Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Self Quotes , May Quotes

Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.

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Tags : Swami Vivekananda Quotes , Self Quotes , Done Quotes

When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a greatone with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes , Self Quotes

To one who reads the spirit of the Gita, it teaches the secret of nonviolence, the secret of realizing self through the physical body.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Self Quotes , Secret Quotes