Becoming Quotes - Page 23

Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances.

With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries.

Our job is to become more and more of what we are. The growth of a poet seems to be related to his or her becoming less and less embarrassed about more and more.

I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid.

What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.

Addicts sometimes have a penchant for becoming the center of attention at other people's celebrations.

I considered becoming a Christian... until I met one.

A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.

With God, it isn’t who you were that matters; it’s who you are becoming.

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.

There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do

Poetry, from describing external events objectively, is becoming subjectified into a poetry of personal conscious expression.

Death is losing its terror. It is the emergency exit for a world that is becoming more frightening death ever was.

I never thought I had to forge a family, but it felt the most natural thing that ever happened to me - meeting someone and becoming a father.

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.

I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters.

It's really cool to see glowsticks at the show, to see dance music culture infiltrating and becoming one with the metal community.

Don't be (dis.grun.tled), disgruntled that someone else is more successful than you are. Let their success motivate you to become successful.

the art of becoming 'rich', in the common sense, is not absolutely nor finally the art of accumulating much money for ourselves, but also of contriving that our neighbour shall have less. In accurate terms, it is 'the art of establishing the maximum inequality in your own favour'.

I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need.

I never really thought about becoming a professional musician.

You don't become a hero by choosing to become a hero. You become a hero by becoming an example, by being an example for what's possible, for being an example for one person.

Isn't the origin of conflict ego? If there is no ego there is no becoming.

I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person [becoming a mother].

Becoming well known (at least among your prospects & connections) is the most valuable element in the connection process.