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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.

I think the main thing you measure your success by is what you do in comparison to your opposition. If you're in an industry where you're the leader, then you're performing very well.

Quotes by Gerry Harvey

Even if you sell the same number of plasma televisions - if you are selling them for 20 or 30 or 40 per cent of the original price, your revenue goes down, and the profit goes with it.

Quotes by Gerry Harvey

Everybody, be they female, whatever your religion, whatever your nationality, you're an individual, and if you perform well, we want you, and if you don't, we don't.

Quotes by Gerry Harvey

We're supposed to be an entrepreneurial company; we're meant to be expanding and looking for opportunities - but the minute you do it, you get your head bashed in.

Quotes by Gerry Harvey

You're not always at your best.

Quotes by Gerard Pique

There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.

Quotes by Gerard Way

The national team requires a work commitment but also a personal one as well. To lead your country is something very different.

Quotes by Gerardo Martino

My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal.

Quotes by Geraldine Brooks

If you think somebody cares about you and believes your life is worth saving, how can you give up?

Quotes by Geraldine Ferraro

That doesn't mean you have to have the lowest costs in the industry to succeed. But you need to make sure the activities and product attributes that increase your costs above the other guy bring in at least that much...

Quotes by Gerard Arpey

Your brain develops depending on your individual history. What has gone on in your own brain and its consciousness over your lifetime is not repeatable, ever - not with identical twins, not even with conjoined twins.

Quotes by Gerald Edelman

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.

Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

I like to do a face steam, so, heat up a flannel, press it onto your face and then press a cold one on afterwards to close the pores. It's inexpensive!

Quotes by Georgia May Jagger

I think when your parents are as rebellious as mine were, it's difficult to top them. So what's the point?

Quotes by Georgia May Jagger

Basically, my hair is very dry from all the backcombing! Hairdressers prefer if your hair is dry and damaged, as it makes it easier to style.

Quotes by Georgia May Jagger

Material Girl is about having your own personal style, and my personal style reflects the brand's aesthetic.

Quotes by Georgia May Jagger

I always try to perform, and not because you have players on the bench or on the pitch that can play in your position.

Quotes by Georginio Wijnaldum

Unless you have financial resources of your own, you can't be free.

Quotes by Georgette Mosbacher

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Quotes by George Washington

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

Quotes by George Washington

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.