Being Quotes

I have three phobias ...: I hate going to bed, get up and hate hate being alone.

But just because you’re strong and resilient doesn’t mean you never need someone to be there for you, to take care of you.

I like to have fun, but I don't think of myself as being funny. But I'm a big jokester, so I make fun of myself a lot!

I'm really clear about my priority in life-it's being a mom.

I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly!

There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

It is a bad thing for a nation to raise and to admire a false standard of success; and there can be no falser standard than that set by the deification of material well-being in and for itself.

There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.

Not to be content with Life is the unsatisfactory state of those which destroy themselves; who being afraid to live, run blindly upon their own Death, which no Man fears by Experience.

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.

If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved.

To be a saint is to be yourself.

I shouldn't be married.

I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule and someday I'll try to get around to it.

If I could patent 'being real', I think I could own that.

You have to always remember to be yourself.

Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.

Such a value system might be responsible for the fact that the burden of unavoidable unhappiness is increased by unhappiness about being unhappy.

It's like you have a child and you think, 'Everything that I've done up until this point is insignificant in comparison to being a father.' It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

God's primary concerns have to do with your well-being, not your performance.

Anybody in my job steers a tightrope between being popular and being principled.

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.

Just be honest with who you are. Don't pretend to be something you're not. Don't be a phony. Walk your talk. That's how God works, so doing it is emulating how Source works.

I love being a dad, it keeps me fit and inspired and children are so funny. They always supply you with acting material!

I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.

What’s the point of being bad when there’s nothing good to stop you?

Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

I've always been a jokester. The things I got in trouble for, when I was little, was always about making a joke or setting up a prank or being silly when I should be paying attention.

Your objective of being in love with each other will require both you and your spouse to focus your attention on the other's most important needs.

Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them.

Be yourself and your readers will follow you anywhere. Try to commit an act of writing and they will jump overboard to get away.

It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me'. Being popular is poison.

Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.

You aren't alive if you aren't in need.

Positive energy is attracted to positive energy.

On any day - in any given event - you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%

To be or not to be, that is the choice

I stopped hating and started just being. My whole life, I had been the most defensive person you'd meet, unable to tolerate any criticism. But now I started listening and being.

Being is the soul of every concept, of every judgment and of every reasoning.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

I'm learning a lot about myself being alone, and doing what I'm doing.

God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.

Being in the studio is a really romantic time.

It's not a joke: I really do like being at home.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

Being funny is not the same as being happy.

Perhaps being hated in the right way is preferable to being loved in the wrong one.

You don't get on by being original. You don't get on by being bright. You don't get on by being strong. You get on by being a subtle crook.