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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.

Treat your body well, and it'll see you through for many years.

Quotes by Johnny Weissmuller

In a series, you really need to stay open-minded. It's not like a play or a film, where you can create and fully commit to your character's back-story.

Quotes by Johnny Galecki

To join Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys was like throwing a baseball around in your front yard and somebody coming over and signing you to play for the New York Yankees.

Quotes by Johnny Gimble

It's just an unhealthy way to approach something, trying to outdo your last thing. You've gotta trust evolution, you've gotta trust that the bar is moving, that you don't need to force the bar. It'll just happen.

Quotes by Johnny Knoxville

Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.

Quotes by John Zimmerman

Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.

Quotes by John Zimmerman

In Cincy, we're told how much Gatorade we could take home. In Houston, we get what we request. You get soap and deodorant at your request. You don't have a roommate on road trips.

Quotes by Johnathan Joseph

If you're on the top guy, you're going to get some balls thrown your way.

Quotes by Johnathan Joseph

You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.

Quotes by Johnny Bench

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.

Quotes by Johnny Carson

Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.

Quotes by Johnny Carson

You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.

Quotes by Johnny Cash

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.

Quotes by Johnny Depp

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

Quotes by John Wilkins

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Quotes by John Wooden

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

Quotes by John Wooden

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

Quotes by John Wooden

Make your having dinner out become The Event of the Night, instead of just the beginning.

Quotes by John Walters

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

Quotes by John Wanamaker

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

Quotes by John Wayne

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.