Being Quotes

Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition.

Me being in love with a girl and wanting her to be with me, doing what I need to do to make her stay with me; it affects no one, yet it’s terrifying to people and they think you’re a monster.

The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.

Being in love, you know... it's not like having a canary, in a cage. When you lose one sweetheart, you can't just go out and get another to replace her.

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate the joy of being in love. Unless you're single & lonely then it's called Laundry Day.

I'm a big hip-hop fan since being a kid. It was the first music that spoke to me and made me feel like, 'Yeah.'

It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavours when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

God made me the way that I am and it’s my business to be true to that.

To be fully present with what is, is to be content... and to be content is to be blessed by everything that happens in life.

If being sane is thinking there's something wrong with being different, I'd rather be completely #$%^&^& mental.

It doesn't cost anything more to be nice.

By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

As women, I think it helps that we are complex creatures by nature so just being a woman helps to understand a woman's journey.

If we go around clearing up our own mess and being positive about our own lifestyle, other people will start copying us and picking up their own carbon 'litter' too

The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful.

I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.

When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.

People would rather be wrong than be different.

It's by what you do that you communicate to others that you are deeply involved in their well being.

You can be a good human being and just be shrewd.

My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.

Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing.

There is nothing to practice. To know yourself, be yourself. To be yourself, stop imagining yourself to be this or that. Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.

Mr Robert Montgomery's genius [is] far too free and aspiring to be shackled by the rules of syntax? [His] readers must take such grammar as they can get and be thankful.

My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.

I think the best partner you can have is someone who makes you want to be the best form of yourself.

Let's commit ourselves to being true disciples of Jesus Christ. Not mere fair-weather followers, but disciples.

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

Other conditions being equal, if one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former.

Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.

As far as my solo record, I don't want a gold record or anything, I'm happy to be small and to have the people appreciate the music who really like me for being me.

Stories are at the very heart of being human; they talk about where we're from, where we are, and where we're going. They're like bread; you need to hear and tell them everyday.

Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.

The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.

Be yourself, take control of your life.

A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally, come together.

I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.

What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?

When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy.

Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.

I enjoy just being me. I don't need to be Queen Latifah, the brand, 24 hours a day.

Before all, be real. Only the truth gives to the word the Orpheus' Lyre power.

I wanted to tell her that being loved is a talent too, that it takes as much guts and as much work as loving; that some people, for whatever reason, never learn the knack

Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.

I'd rather be honest and lose than be dishonest and win

Everything you do to improve your physical well-being will have a positive impact on how good you feel about yourself.

Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.

If you want to be faithful to someone, start by being faithful to yourself.