Being Quotes

My definition of stupid is wasting your opportunity to be yourself because I think everybody has a uniqueness and everybody's good at something.

In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.

Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.

We've been so concerned about being cool, relevant, and fun that we have forgotten to be bread, light, and life to a hungry, dark, and dying world.

You don't have to be the best .... But, you have to be YOUR best.

It's the first time I can ever remember being scared that the United States might mess up and something terrible will happen to us.

One of the downsides of being special is that you feel out of place wherever you go.

Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.

In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day-or to celebrate each special day.

You can't be jealous and be a leader.

To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone.

Stay working. Stay busy. It should be motivation instead of down time because down time is like being depressed. It shouldn't be like that. It should really be motivation to keep going.

Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.

Being free is a state of mind.

Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others.

In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

Don't be the best in town. Just try to be the best until the best come around.

I always think that the project I'm working on will be the best.

Faith is not the supposition that something might be true, but the assurance that someone is there.

This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.

Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.

Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself.

I love funny women, and just being around them talking is fine with me. I love an interesting mind.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

Exercise can't counteract the damage being done to your body while you continue to smoke. What exercise can do is help you kick the habit.

Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention.

If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can't afford to be with them.

Mature love is loving, not being loved.

The best part about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest part about being a teacher is that it matters every day.

However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.

If I were to be any celebrity, I'd be Chris Martin. I've always wondered what it would be like to be jealous of Thom Yorke.

No matter what sort of adversity or challenge you might face, you can always believe that, with hope, it can be conquered and, in the end, you will be stronger for it.

When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up.

A culture that values production over life values the wrong things, because it will produce things at the expense of living beings, human or otherwise.

If people were not wicked I should not mind their being stupid; but, to our misfortune, they are both.

I have yet to find something that beats the power of being in love, or the power of music at its most magical.

To be honest, it is boring to talk about winning.

We have to compete within ourselves relative to the determination it takes to be successful.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Be mindful of the words that you use and the actions that you live and who you are and how it is you use your power. Keep clear at all times that you are what you say you are.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.

I think a lot of people are afraid of being happy because of what others might think of it.

Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good.

Be yourself and true to yourself. You can do different things in the world.

There is nothing to do, just be. Do nothing. Be. No climbing mountains and sitting in caves. I do not even say "be yourself" since you do not know yourself. Just be.

Our bodies are made to nurture and cuddle and all of those amazing things that come along with being a mom.