"We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts."

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Source : Quoted in Reader's Digest, May 1936

Harold Nicolson

#Humility Quotes #Judging Quotes

“If a robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage, How feels heaven when Dies the billionth battery hen?”
“Amy Poehler did a really cute thing, [] [her son] said his prayers before he went to sleep that she was going to win [a Golden Globe] and when she got home she put [the trophy] in his bedroom. So when he woke up, he was like â€œYes I did it, I did itâ€. He was so excited, he felt like he had somehow engendered the trophy into existence, which is so cute.”
“We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers, Of the world forever, it seems.”

Source : 'Ode" l. 7 (1874)
“Tragically, some people believe they are going to heaven when they die just because a few drops of water were sprinkled over their heads a few weeks after their birth. They have no personal faith, have never made a personal decision, and are banking on a hollow ceremony to save them. How absurd.”
“You have the capacity to change the plotline of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since before you can remember.”
“Men will treat you the way you let them. There is no such thing as 'deserving' respect; you get what you demand from people.”
“I don't think people realize that what we eat and your stress levels impact the way that you look. Not just your body, but your face and your overall well-being.”
“There's going to be a lesbian Brokeback Mountain and it's going to star Beyonce and Eva Longoria.”

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