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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.

It's a challenge to grow professionally and move up the corporate ladder when you're not receiving feedback on your performance.

Quotes by John Rampton

If your manager is one that isn't engaged with your career development by offering frequent advice and guidance, it's time to look for greener pastures.

Quotes by John Rampton

Always have a plan when you shop. Have your list ready so that you know who you're purchasing gifts for and an estimate on how much you're going to spend.

Quotes by John Rampton

They need to be re-supplied with energy, and that energy comes from asking not what your country can do for you, but from what you can do for your country.

Quotes by John Ratzenberger

You've got to write for your audience.

Quotes by John Ratzenberger

To experience the unique sense of elation that you have when your child is sleeping on your chest in an incomparable emotion.

Quotes by John Rhys-Davies

Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience.

Quotes by John Pomfret

There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect...

Quotes by John Prescott

The minimum wage is not something that you want to stay on as a permanent basis. For example, if you have a minimum wage job, you don't stay there 20 or 30 years. You don't put your children through college...

Quotes by John Raese

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

Quotes by John Perry Barlow

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many...

Quotes by John Perry Barlow

Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills.

Quotes by John Otto

There's no point in success if you don't let it go to your head. That's what it's for.

Quotes by John Otway

In an ever changing world, you never learn it all, even if you keep growing into your 90s.

Quotes by John P. Kotter

During my years as a practicing lawyer, it just was part of your study of what Congress was trying to say in their statutes. I never really considered judges or scholars as either those who used legislative history or those...

Quotes by John Paul Stevens

The important thing in investing is to be true to your compass.

Quotes by John Paulson

And all your future lies beneath your hat.

Quotes by John Oldham

You can write jokes at any point of the day. Jokes are not that hard to write, or they shouldn't be when it is literally your job.

Quotes by John Oliver

You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.

Quotes by John Oliver

Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.

Quotes by John Ortberg

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.