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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 pretty cool being 40 and having your blow-up moment.

Quotes by El-P

People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.

Quotes by Effa Manley

Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically.

Quotes by Ehud Barak

Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

Quotes by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

As a rookie, they don't really know your name.

Quotes by Edwin Jackson

Marketing is what you do when your product is no good.

Quotes by Edwin Land

Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.

Quotes by Edwin Louis Cole

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

Quotes by Edwin Markham

The information is in the people, not in your head.

Quotes by Edward T. Hall

Damnation seize my soul if I give your quarters, or take any from you.

Quotes by Edward Teach

Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.

Quotes by Edward VIII

I don't want to own something that you can't take into your apartment at night.

Quotes by Edward P. Jones

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step.

Quotes by Edward P. Jones

Do not blow your own trumpets nor, which is the same thing, ask other people to blow them. No trumpeter ever rose to be a general.

Quotes by Edward Everett Hale

The problem - when you cast your net that wide - is you inevitably catch something you don't want to catch.

Quotes by Edward Felten

Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

Quotes by Edward Burns

You can't spend your way to prosperity.

Quotes by Edward C. Prescott

So use your own property as not to injure that of another.

Quotes by Edward Coke

What are you supposed to do - stop practicing law whenever one of your friends becomes president?

Quotes by Edward Bennett Williams

And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.

Quotes by Edmund Waller

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.