To Be Alone Quotes

Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.

I remember my grandfather telling me how each of us must live with a full measure of loneliness that is inescapable, and we must not destroy ourselves with our passion to escape the aloneness.

We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.

Trees are much like human beings and enjoy each other's company. Only a few love to be alone.

Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

Jem touched the parabatai rune on his shoulder, through the thin material of his nightshirt. "I am not alone," he said. "Wherever we are, we are as one.

He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

There is a loneliness more precious than life. There is a freedom more precious than the world. Infinitely more precious than life and the world is that moment when one is alone with God.

The Polar Express began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?

Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.

I'm all alone, but I'm not lonely.

But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make progress, hopefully within a short time.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor anyone in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe.

We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.

It is kind of lovely to be sitting alone, just thinking, very quiet, no one around. I don't feel alone or left out.

Without great solitude no serious work is possible.

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

Solitude is independence.

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them.

In my official status, I cannot comment on ET contact. However, personally, I can assure you, we are not alone!

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

Why do people avoid being alone? Because only few are in good company when left with themselves.

We read to know that we are not alone.

A modern, autonomous, and thoroughly trained Air Force in being at all times will not alone be sufficient, but without it there can be no national security.

The best gift you can give yourself is the gift of possibility.

The very fine line between loneliness and solitude, reflection; being alone, always appealed to me when I was a kid.

I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

Art starts alone - and convinces society later.

Writing is an antidote for loneliness.

I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.

I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

The ocean will take care of this on its own if it was left alone and left out there. It's natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is.

Like jilted and disappointed lovers, some of my students just want to be left alone.

To make a pleasant and friendly impression is not alone good manners, but equally good business.

God has promised that whatever you face, you are not alone. He knows your pain. He loves you. And He will bring you through the fire.

Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me. They're shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone.