949 private quotes tagged alone

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” — Anne Frank

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“Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.” — John Buchanan Robinson

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“I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair.” — Clint Eastwood

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“Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.” — Andre Maurois

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“Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.” — Tecumseh

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“I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“A woman can't be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can't do it by herself.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.” — John Barrymore

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“A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.” — Henry A. Kissinger

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“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.” — E. O. Wilson

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“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.” — Yousuf Karsh

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“I think I jump around more when I'm alone.” — Nicolas Cage

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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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“I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.” — Henry Rollins

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“When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.” — Zsa Zsa Gabor

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“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.” — Erma Bombeck

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“The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.” — Doug Coupland

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“Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.” — Elizabeth Bowen

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“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” — John Quincy Adams

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“Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.” — Robert M. Pirsig

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“An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.” — Henry Miller

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“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” — Booker T. Washington

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“You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.” — Emily Carr

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“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” — Ellen Burstyn

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