Becoming Quotes - Page 9

• One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.

  Antonio Porchia

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Society must be made to operate in such a way that it eradicates once and for all the desire of a man to become richer, or wiser, or more powerful than others.

  Francois-Noel Babeuf

  Powerful, Men, Society

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• An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

  Orlando Aloysius Battista

  Inspirational, Sports, Mistake

  Orlando Aloysius Battista (1957). “How to Enjoy Work and Get More Fun Out of Life”

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• A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Love, Valentines Day, Nature

  "An Uncommon Scold". Book by Abby Adams, 1989.

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• It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Witty, Humorous

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• I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

  Sandy Koufax

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

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• Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

  Bruce Lee

  Love, Life, Friendship

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Artist of Life”, p.96, Tuttle Publishing

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• When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

  Audre Lorde

  Inspirational, Strength, Success

  "The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

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• If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

  Nelson Mandela

  Friendship, Inspiring, Leadership

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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• At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

  Toni Morrison

  Life, Beauty, Thank You

  FaceBook post by Toni Morrison from Nov 06, 2011

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• Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

  Albert Camus

  Reality, Evil, Principles

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• And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

  Anne Frank

  Heart, People, Trying

  Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.172, GENERAL PRESS

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• When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork

  c.479 BC The Analects.

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• Most young people were getting jobs in big companies, becoming company men. I wanted to be individual.

  Haruki Murakami

  Jobs, Men, People

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• Becoming Catholic involves entering into a relationship with the Catholic Church.

  Carl E. Olson

  Relationship, Catholic, Church

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• I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I would sign on for a year with a view to becoming a professional.

  Harold Larwood

  Views, Years, Sea

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• I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

  Dirk Benedict

  Writing, Parent, Impossible

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• People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.

  Harrison Birtwistle

  Writing, People, Music Is

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• What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words.

  Gregory Harrison

  People, Mind, Actors

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• So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart.

  Thomas Keneally

  Lasts, Steps, Deacons

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• Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

  Michael McKean

  Self, People, World

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• The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

  Mike Weir

  Sports, Strong, Father

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• The death penalty is becoming a way of life in this country.

  Dennis Miller

  Country, Way, Comedy

  Dennis Miller (2001). “I Rant, Therefore I Am”, p.37, Crown Forum

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• It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.

  Edmund Hillary

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

  "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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