949 private quotes tagged alone

“He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.” — Baltasar Gracian

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“The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.” — Charles Stanley

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“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” — Patrick Henry

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“Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.” — P. G. Wodehouse

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“There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

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“Schizophrenia beats dining alone.” — Oscar Levant

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“I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.” — Paul Cezanne

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“I was never less alone than when by myself.” — Edward Gibbon

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“I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.” — Johnny Cash

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“Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone.” — Jimmy Durante

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“There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.” — Jules Renard

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“I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.” — Oriana Fallaci

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“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

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“The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.” — Vivienne Westwood

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“I'm happily single.” — Paula Abdul

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“When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.” — Conor Oberst

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“You're only lonely if you're not there for you.” — Phil McGraw

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“I'm single, footloose and fancy free, I have no responsibilities, no anchors. Work, friendship and self-improvement, that's me.” — Joel Edgerton

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“When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.” — Gertrude Stein

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“Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.” — John Dryden

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“Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.” — John C. Maxwell

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“I'm so secluded. Very alone.” — Yves Saint Laurent

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“It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.” — Jean de la Bruyere

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“A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.” — Eileen Caddy

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“Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.” — Evelyn Waugh

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