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Your Quotes

On staying in control of what's truly your own.

These quotes focus on ownership: your trust, your plans, your self-esteem, and how easily outside pressure can chip away at decisions that should belong to you alone. For more, see our Know quotes.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Quotes by Lao Tzu

To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that.

Quotes by Lana Parrilla

You've got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity.

Quotes by Lance Bass

You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.

Quotes by Lance Henriksen

I don't know if hep C is called 'the quiet killer,' but it easily could be, so unnoticeably does it nestle into your body before crankin' up the screws and letting you race to figure out what's going on.

Quotes by Lance Loud

Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat.

Quotes by Lance Morrow

Dancing is so brutally taxing on your body.

Quotes by Lana Condor

Although you should never mention your premise in the dialogue of your play, the audience must know what the message is. And whatever it is, you must prove it.

Quotes by Lajos Egri

I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions.

Quotes by Lajos Kossuth

Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.

Quotes by Lajos Kossuth

I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest.

Quotes by Lajos Kossuth

When you have a little one, you realize that your only mission in life is to protect this helpless, very sensitive creature. That is your charge. That's primal. I relate to that deeply.

Quotes by Lake Bell

They say every five years the atoms in your body become a new set of atoms.

Quotes by Lakeith Stanfield

Although rap is about boasting, it's also about honesty and expressing your emotions.

Quotes by Lakeith Stanfield

When you are allowed to study different disciplines, you redefine your idea of success. You learn to appreciate multiple disciplines simultaneously and you learn that there is no one formula to anything.

Quotes by Lakshmi Pratury

You earn the respect of your peers that you play against, and they don't trash talk you.

Quotes by LaDainian Tomlinson

There are certain expectations placed on writers if other people have put a value on their gender. I'm aware of the hundreds of tiny differences that happen when people are seeing your gender before they see something else.

Quotes by Laeta Kalogridis

You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.

Quotes by Laila Ali

Nothing in Scientology is true for you unless you have observed it and it is true according to your observation.

Quotes by L. Ron Hubbard

I am a record executive and I shall be right there in your face with my records.

Quotes by L.A. Reid

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up across these "Your" quotes?
The quotes touch on trusting others with your personal information, translating your own plans into words, feelings tied to a specific record, and a sharp, personal comparison involving self-esteem.
Is there a quote about privacy or trust?
Yes, one reflects on cryptography and not needing to trust others because encrypting your files gives you control over "whether you would surrender" that trust.
Is there a quote here referencing a real public figure?
Yes: "Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem" makes a pointed comparison using Milosevic's name.
Does this page talk about turning plans into action?
Yes, one quote explains a dislike of outlines and treatments, noting that writing your plan down on paper can make it "very hard to get those ideas out of your head and do something better" with them. For more on persistence and ambition, see Know or Always.
Is there anything here about music or personal records?
Yes, one quote describes a record as feeling "innocent," tied to being young enough not to fully grasp the weight of your own decisions. For more reflective, first-person lines, see Life or Like.

Related themes continue in our Always quotes and Life quotes, both about staying grounded in your own choices.