Finding Yourself Quotes - Page 10

• I lost you when you left me to find yourself.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  You Left Me, Lost, Lost You

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• If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your state of mind.

  Pema Chodron

  Interesting, Mind, Quality

  Pema Chodron (2012). “Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

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• And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly.

  Ian Fleming

  Butterfly, Games, One Day

  IAN FLEMING (1954). “LIVE AND LET DIE”

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• I was going to say 'my friend Stuart', but I suppose he's not a friend any more. I seem to have lost a number of friends in the last few years. I don't mean that I've fallen out with them, in any dramatic way. We've just decided not to stay in touch. And that's what it's been: a decision, a conscious decision, because it's not difficult to stay in touch with people nowadays, there are so many different ways of doing it. But as you get older, I think that some friendships start to feel increasingly redundant. You just find yourself asking, "What's the point?" And then you stop.

  Jonathan Coe

  Mean, Thinking, Years

  Jonathan Coe (2011). “The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim”, p.11, Vintage

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• You all seem to think that you should marry someone when you feel this intense emotion, which you call love. And then you expect that the love will fade over time, as life gets harder. When what you should do is find yourself a nice enough fellow and let real love develop over years and births and deaths and so on.

  J. Courtney Sullivan

  Real, Nice, Thinking

  FaceBook post by J. Courtney Sullivan from Nov 09, 2014

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• If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.

  Ben Aaronovitch

  Talking, Advice, Police

  Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.52, Del Rey

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• He'd learned his lesson a long time ago: Even in the midst of heartbreak, you could still find yourself laughing.

  Cassandra Clare

  Long, Laughing, Lessons

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “What Really Happened in Peru”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometime during your life—in fact, very soon—you may find yourself reading a book, and you may notice that a book’s first sentence can often tell you what sort of story your book contains.

  Daniel Handler

  Reading, Book, May

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• but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

  Kristin Hannah

  Strong, Fall, Hands

  Kristin Hannah (2014). “The Kristin Hannah Collection: Volume 1: Firefly Lane, True Colors, Fly Away”, p.812, St. Martin's Griffin

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• I noticed that once you realize someone's watching you it's pretty hard not to find yourself watching them back.

  Meg Rosoff

  Realizing, Hard

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• There was rarely an obvious branching point in a person's life. People changed slowly, over time. You didn't take on step, then find yourself in a completely new location. You first took a little step off a path to avoid some rocks. For a while, you walked alongside the path, but then you wandered out a little way to step on softer soil. Then you stopped paying attention as you drifted farther and farther away. Finally, you found yourself in the wrong city, wondering why the signs on the roadway hadn't led you better.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Rocks, Cities, People

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection”, p.75, Macmillan

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• You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today.

  Guy Finley

  Inspirational, Today, Destination

  Guy Finley (1994). “Freedom From the Ties That Bind: The Secret of Self Liberation”, p.13, BookBaby

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• ~Before you have kids, when you're on a plane and there's a screaming kid, all you can think is, Give me earplugs! As soon as I became a mom, though, I got it. You find yourself asking, 'What can I do? You want me to hold him?' Because you think about the time your kids was screaming, and there was the one parent who looked at you and smiled. And that compassion was everything.~

  Mariska Hargitay

  Mom, Kids, Parenting

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• Sometimes I've drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I've felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a very superficial way. When you find yourself thinking and worrying about certain things they become ridiculous.

  William Wegman

  Thinking, Worry, Way

  William Wegman, Frédéric Paul, Fonds régional d'art contemporain Limousin (1993). “William Wegman, l'oeuvre photographique”, Frac Limousin

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• Reflecting back on your life is not only food for thought, but a Wiseman's bridge looking at how and why, you made your path for today! Will be most important, when you find yourself at the crossroads of tomorrow. Remember the goals you set yourself, travel the path closest to your heart. Trust your heart, your instincts, your soul.

  Ron Bennington

  Inspirational, Heart, Bridges

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• Do not struggle. Go with the flow of things, and you will find yourself at one with the mysterious unity of the Universe.

  Zhuangzi

  Spiritual, Inspirational Life, Struggle

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• If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or a new writer. However, you should be conscious of exactly how you are imitating him - word choice, sentence structure, motifs? - and think about why you're doing it.

  Poppy Z. Brite

  Writing, Thinking, Choices

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• So surely as you find yourself in the mental attitude of haste, just so surely may you know that you are out of the mental attitude of greatness. Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Attitude, Fear, Cutting

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ”, p.39, e-artnow

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• One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening - the best piece of pie you have ever eaten in your life - and can never find again. After you leave home, you may find yourself feeling homesick, even if you have a new home that has nicer wallpaper and a more efficient dishwasher than the home in which you grew up.

  Daniel Handler

  Country, Home, Order

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• If you would find gold, you must search where gold is.

  William Juneau

  Gold, Ifs, Self Discovery

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• If you choose to get off the beaten path here, you'll find yourself in a situation where everything looks the same.

  Joe Teti

  Off The Beaten Path, Survival, Looks

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• It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.

  S. I. Hayakawa

  Littles, Chance, Individual

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• Until you find yourself, it's impossible to lose you

  Drake

  Humble, Impossible, Loses

  Song: Houstatlantavegas, Album: So Far Gone, 2009

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• Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

  Hugh Prather

  Letting Go, Battle, Useless

  Hugh Prather, Gerald Jampolsky (2000). “The Little Book of Letting Go: A Revolutionary 30-Day Program to Cleanse Your Mind, Lift Your Spirit and Replenish Your Soul”, p.10, Conari Press

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• Any change of my style, the way I've played for 10 years, will not be a drastic one. Yes, I've always given as good as I've got; as a forward you have to do that because, if you don't look after yourself, you might find yourself being thrown in a hole and buried.

  Alan Shearer

  Years, Style, Looks

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