Being Quotes

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.

Being human is itself difficult, and therefore all kinds of settlements (except dream cities) have problems. Big cities have difficulties in abundance, because they have people in abundance.

You don't have to be the best at something. You just have to be the most determined.

It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.

It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.

You have to give it your all to be successful.

there is no harm in being afraid. The only harm is in doing what Fear tells you. Fear is not your master! Laugh in his face and he will run away.

Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.

Oh, humiliation is poisonous. Its one of the deepest pains of being human.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

You have to be true to yourself.

I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.

I guess it all depends on your nature. Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.

The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.

Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free

Gittin' talked about is one o' th' penalties for bein' purty, while bein' above suspicion is about th' only compensation fer bein' homely.

Wouldn't it be a beautiful world if just 10 percent of the people who believe in the power of love would compete with one another to see who could do the most good for the most people?

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

I actually like being alone. I spend most evenings reading and taking long baths.

I don't like spoilers. I don't like things being spoiled.

By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries.

I think just all girls are my mentors. I feel like I've learned everything I know from just being around other women and learning from them.

Be the best, but get ready to be attacked. Only mediocrity is safe.

Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands. I take it very seriously.

I try to be the best I can be at what I can do, and that’s playing hard & rebounding.

The boughs of no two trees ever have the same arrangement. Nature always produces individuals; She never produces classes.

I am scared of being broke and famous. I think that would be the biggest curse.

Being a mother has made my life complete.

Remember my first tenet in getting dressed is how you feel in the morning. So if you're not being true blue to that, it usually shows.

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.

Be true to your own highest convictions.

I do have traditional values: I believe in being a good person and being polite.

Being funny in life is a lot more like judo. It's using the energy.

No matter what, always be yourself!

The algebraic sum of all the transformations occurring in a cyclical process can only be positive, or, as an extreme case, equal to nothing. Statement of the second law of thermodynamics, 1862

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American.

But listen to me. For one moment quit being sad. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.

I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

Having a safe space to imagine and dream and (re)invent yourself is the first step to being happy and successful, whatever road you choose to pursue.

These people seemed so enwrapped in snobbishness and the glory of being rich that they had no art sense whatever.

Strong and independent? I’m neither. I’m just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through my life with pride, because our culture is unrelenting when it comes to large people.

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

Being alone in nature is another way to feel the joy of beauty - and oneness with a greater whole.