Becoming Quotes

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book.

There is no strength that is greater than the strength of virtue. There is no other nobility equal to the nobility of virtue. There is no quality so becoming, no attire so attractive.

I never had becoming Miss America on my radar screen. But when I was 17, I decided to quit the violin and my parents were devastated.

I'm completely opposed to the idea of becoming accustomed to foreign military campaigns.

Why did becoming accustomed to something have to render its pleasures stale.

I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter.

Focus on who you are becoming not what you are doing

The composition of our society has been changing. We [world] are becoming a more urban population. Mega-cities, those with more than 10 million residents, are booming.

The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.

The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as evil is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected on. No one can fail to see that in our day it is becoming a very great agency.

The man just is, but clothes are becoming.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

The immense value of becoming acquainted with a foreign language is that we are thereby led into a new world of tradition and thought and feeling.

As much as we don't want to hear it, book marketing is a huge part of becoming a successful author.

People are becoming more environmentally aware and caring more for animals and really wanting to improve their health.

The rush of power to the head is not as becoming as a new hat

Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe.

Becoming the beloved is pulling the truth revealed to me from above down into the ordinariness of what I am, in fact, thinking of, talking about and doing from hour to hour.

Youth are becoming the site of society's nightmares.

The domestic war against "terrorists" [code for young protesters] provides new opportunities for major defense contractors and corporations who are becoming more a part of our domestic lives.

Don't let despair mutate your flesh Look at my twisted stumps of thought See the fingers, listen to the voice I am slowly becoming the end of the line.

In modern studios, we're so used to becoming little dictators; you're used to the fascism of having complete control over every element.

Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world.

When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.

You can't assume any place you go is private because the means of surveillance are becoming so affordable and so invisible.

Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds.

I don't think that the Scots are happy to drift into Britain becoming the poorest of the poor, sub-American 51st state.

Becoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship.

You take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all his fac — with all his f-a-c-u-l-t-i-e-s intact.

Harry had the impression that even the barman was listening in. He was wiping the same glass with the filthy rag; it was becoming steadily dirtier.

Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.

Avery Morgansten? This is becoming a habit.

"Our government will soon become what it is already a long way toward becoming, an elective dictatorship.

I'd have to say that muaythai is something special. It's really demanding and it's becoming popular all around the world.

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings'.

Yoga is the journey from just eating and sleeping to becoming an ecstatic being. This is the aspiration of life itself.

In spirituality, when we say growth, we are talking about becoming smaller; not just smaller - non-existent.

I could really care less about the TV and the fame, it's all about that lifetime achievement of becoming a world champion.

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics.

Whenever I find my will to live becoming too strong, I read Peter Watts

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.

Catherine [...] enjoyed her usual happiness with Henry Tilney, listening with sparkling eyes to everything he said; and, in finding him irresistible, becoming so herself.

Men fear that becoming 'we' will erase his 'I.' For women, our 'we' is our saving grace Women's relationships are like a renewable source of power.

Perhaps I wasn't going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer.

Studies show American students are becoming less proficient in math. Experts say we should have seen this coming, but nobody could put 2 and 2 together.

Every man whom chance alone has, by some accident, made a public character, hardly ever fails of becoming, in a short time, a ridiculous private one.

I think of spirit as that which evokes us - the lure of becoming that keeps calling. And I think of soul as that which gets us through the cartography of everyday life.

Enterprise search is becoming an indispensable tool to businesses of all sizes, helping people to find, use and share critical business information quickly.

It's becoming apparent that I like bad boys. That's one of my problems. They've all been bad boys. You're one too. You're a bad boy. But, I think you're a good bad boy.