Quotes of David Riesman

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The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

- David Riesman

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“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

“ Never run from the truth. It is always there; it never changes – save your energy. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ As a woman, you are always empowering others and helping people out of their situations. The time has come, and the time is now, for you to take charge of your own journey. It doesn’t matter how young or how old you are. It is time for you to freefall into giving yourself a chance at love, and the first person you should fall in love with is yourself. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new. ”

- Og Mandino

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

“ Visionary decisionmaking happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. ”

- Gandhi

“ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. ”

- Confucius

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your selfesteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Gratitude is not love. Don’t mix the two because they are not the same. ”

- Frank Matobo

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that is going to help you grow. ”

- Unknown

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

“ Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, wisdom heals the mind, and love heals the soul. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones. ”

- Ray Bradbury

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi