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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.

As a company grows, its purpose grows with it. It has the potential to evolve your purpose.

Quotes by John Mackey

When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.

Quotes by John Madden

During 'Jersey Boys,' I discovered one of the most rewarding ways to use your goodwill is to motivate fans and friends into lending support to charity.

Quotes by John Lloyd Young

The thing early on that you think is 'wrong' with you, that makes you not fit in with everyone else, becomes the key to your career as an actor. Start embracing it.

Quotes by John Lloyd Young

I don't want to sound pompous, but I really think your gender doesn't necessarily dominate your sexual activity.

Quotes by John Lone

Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.

Quotes by John le Carre

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.

Quotes by John Kruk

Researchers can measure what kind of angles your legs take up during the day when they're just trailing around behind you in weightless conditions, and what kind of impacts you feel during your exercise. They're going to compare that with...

Quotes by John L. Phillips

You want your company to be a vehicle for many people to achieve their dreams.

Quotes by John Landgraf

If 50 percent of your career is not filled with failure, you're not really successful.

Quotes by John Larroquette

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

John Keats

You should always use your Nobel prize money to buy property.

Quotes by John Kendrew

Treat your children like the blessings they are or don't have them at all.

Quotes by John Kennedy

You still remember your SAT scores. And everybody else does too. Everybody's forgotten everything about themselves, everything else about high school. They remember their SAT scores.

Quotes by John Katzman

The thing about startups is you can make it, and if it's wrong you can remake it, and you can build a team that you want to have, a product that you want to have. You're utterly focused on your...

Quotes by John Katzman

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?

Quotes by John Heywood

The key to revenue growth is tax reform that closes loopholes and that is pro-growth. Then with a growing economy, that's where your revenue growth comes in, not from higher taxes.

Quotes by John Hoeven

I grew up thinking that you were supposed to read and write all your waking hours.

Quotes by John Hope

When you find your opponent's weak spot, hammer it.

Quotes by John Heisman

In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you're reading from page 13...

Quotes by John Henrik Clarke

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.