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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.

Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.

Quotes by Josh Billings

By exercising your stomach muscles, you wring out the body, you don't catch colds, you don't get cancer, you don't get hernias. Do animals get hernias? Do animals go on diets?

Quotes by Joseph Pilates

One day in God's grace is equivalent to a thousand days of striving by your own efforts.

Quotes by Joseph Prince

All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it.

Quotes by Joseph Smith, Jr.

What's weird is to hear someone else talking about your mannerisms.

Quotes by Joseph Morgan

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts.

Quotes by Joseph Lancaster

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

Quotes by Joseph Campbell

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.

Quotes by Joseph Campbell

Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined.

Quotes by Joseph Abboud

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to...

Quotes by Joseph Altuzarra

Don't be discouraged if the answer to your prayer does not come immediately. Study, ponder, and pray, sincerely having faith, and live the commandments.

Quotes by Joseph B. Wirthlin

But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.

Quotes by Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

Quotes by Joseph Barber Lightfoot

One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

Quotes by Joseph Barbera

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

Quotes by Jose Padilha

You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of students - I have always spoken against just falling onto your knees for so-called accidents, I mean...

Quotes by Josef Albers

Your real feelings are inside you.

Quotes by Jose Carreras

No one cares how valuable your product is if its addressable market is small. The key isn't so much the number of users as it is the dollar size of the market.

Quotes by Jose Ferreira

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

Quotes by Jose Garces

If you were a Colombian, you would have your version of an empanada. If you are an Argentinean, you might find a dough that's baked and has a butter sheen on it. And then in Ecuador, you'll find more crispy-fried...

Quotes by Jose Garces

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.