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Himself Quotes

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

– Henry David Thoreau

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

– Horatio Nelson

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

– Henry David Thoreau

A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is – that appeals to people.

– Jeff Bridges

Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.

– John Milton

Herman Cain continues to show himself to be a leader.

– Alveda King

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

– Anthony Trollope

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

– Ben Bradlee

No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.

– Barton Gellman

Bill Maher fancies himself the reincarnation of Lenny Bruce.

– Bernard Goldberg

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

– Benjamin Franklin

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

– Bill Budge

Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.

– David Suchet

Peter Sellers constantly reinvented himself.

– Merrie Spaeth

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

– F. Scott Fitzgerald

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

– Dario Argento

Clinton himself acted in ways which increased the threat of terror.

– Noam Chomsky

No man is hurt but by himself.

– Diogenes

It’s fun for someone to poke fun at himself.

– Chris Kattan

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

– Claude M. Bristol

He who doesn’t consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

– David Seabury

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.

– Charles William Eliot

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

I’m a guy who expects a lot from himself.

– Ezekiel Elliott

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

– Gene Tierney

Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

Each person is an idiom unto himself, an apparent violation of the syntax of the species.

– Gordon W. Allport

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

– Charles Peguy

Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.

– Noam Chomsky

Patrick Henry aligned himself against ratification. So did Richard Henry Lee.

– Douglas Southall Freeman

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