Indira Gandhi
Politician
"To become capable, one must have faith in oneself."
Oneself quotes
Oneself
219 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Archimedes
Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer
"Rise above oneself and grasp the world."
Galileo Galilei
Astronomer, Physicist
"The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"One is never deceived; one deceives oneself."
Thomas Huxley
Biologist, Anthropologist
"Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once."
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"There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence."
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"To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else."
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"The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself."
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"Be a light unto oneself"
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"To live is to express oneself freely"
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"To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do."
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"Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself."
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"One can run away from anything but oneself."
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"One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others."
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"To be oneself is a rare thing, and a great one."
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"... one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking."
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"To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself."
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"The greatest victory is the one over oneself."
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"It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible."
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"To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature."
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"Loyalty is the pledge of truth to oneself and others."
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"For beyond the difficulty of communicating oneself, there is the supreme difficulty of being oneself."
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"To harm another is to harm oneself"
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"What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself."
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"To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself."
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