"There is no more reason to accuse ourselves excessively of our failings than to excuse them overmuch. He who goes overboard in self-criticism often does so in order not to suffer others' criticisms, or else does so out of a kind of vanity that wishes to make others believe that he knows how to confess his faults."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Believe Quotes #Vanity Quotes #Self Quotes

“The idea here is simple, if you can dream it, it is possible.”
“In the visual arts, for example, the semiological approach to graphics provides a rigorous analysis of the visual means used by the artist. It defines the basic properties and laws governing the arts and suggests objective criteria for art criticism.”
“We haven't seen any African country talk about recession.”
“Successful people follow successful patterns.”
“We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun.”
“I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.”
“I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose the most recent statements made by Mitt Romney in which he says he, as president, could take us to war unilaterally with Iran, without any approval from Congress.”
“A miser is sometimes a grand personification of fear. He has a fine horror of poverty; and he is not content to keep want from the door, or at arm's length, but he places it, by heaping wealth upon wealth, at a sublime distance!”

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