Best Personal Demons Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I assume you think by now that you would never do this. You tell yourself that I'm sick and you're well. We all have demons. Don't lie to yourself.”

Depression Lies Mental Illness Self Harm Personal Demons

Book:Sublimation

Source: Sublimation

“Remove all of the distractions, and here, in the silence and the solitude, the demons they have kept at bay catch up with them.”

Silence Solitude Personal Demons

Book:The Hunting Party

Source: The Hunting Party

“People have demons. And those demons have a meaning specific to that person. Sins, addictions, other failures and assorted traumas… sources of torment bodied forth.”

Sin Failure Personal Demons

Book:In Limbo

Source: In Limbo

“Why? Because a demon is after me And he she it has been Since the day I was born”

Poetry Demon Rome Demons Persecuted Dorothea Lasky Personal Demons Tortured

Book:Rome: Poems

Source: Rome: Poems

“Can you identify the source preventing you from feeling good every single day, from loving yourself unconditionally and making your dreams come true? Is it a voice in your head or a gut wrenching ache that compromises your inner peace and doesn’t allow you to accept the love around you? Is there one thing, or maybe many things, keeping you from forgiving your past and moving forward, tormenting you with lies like “You don’t deserve real love so just settle for whatever you can get,” “You’re not smart enough to achieve your dream so don’t even try,” or “Look at your past… you should hate yourself way more than you actually do!”? Welcome to your Little Monster.”

Source: Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

“I was thinking we could get a picture of you holding a pitchfork or something. Maybe a big wooden cross? Sound good?"(Brian) She stared at him. He lifted his hands and leaned back in his seat, as if he was afraid she might start spitting on him. "Hey, only joking." "Very funny." "Oh, I do love jokes." Greyson Dante stood by her side. "Hello, Mr. Dante. I'm afraid this is a private conversation, so you will, of course, be going now." His grin widened. Was there no way to insult the man?”

Brian Personal Demons Megan Greyson Stacia Kane

Book:Personal Demons

Source: Personal Demons

“Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to find out what's really there.”

Thinking Honestly Demon Personal Demons

Author:Tom Morello

“Foyles War made me realise that Churchill actually had questionable morals; his decisions meant that good people died. It must have weighed heavily on his soul, but he never let his personal demons get in the way of what was best for our country.”

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Author:Honeysuckle Weeks

“The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being reckless with my life. And I've overcome a lot of personal demons and to be alive is really my greatest achievement.”

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Author:Michael K. Williams

“Everyday the opportunity exists to change your life. But most days, the idea of having to change the big things in life just seems like too much work. Should I lie on the couch and watch a movie, or shuld I confront my personal demons?”

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Author:Jill Davis

“This one's like that because it's about these things that I think weigh heavily on me in terms of my own failings and the things that I worry about and my personal demons. Is the sum of my personal demons greater than the things that I like about myself? Is this moment - because it's a particulary high tension, scary moment for all of us in terms of the global climate - going to bring out the best or the worst in us?”

Thinking Moments Term My Own Worry Greater Failing Worst Climate Scary Tension Demon Personal Demons

Author:Scott Snyder

“The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em.”

Shoulders Demon Shakes Ems Disability Sabotage Personal Demons

Author:Zach Anner

“Occasionally, there arises a writing situation where you see an alternative to what you are doing, a mad, wild gamble of a way for handling something, which may leave you looking stupid, ridiculous or brilliant -you just don't know which. You can play it safe there, too, and proceed along the route you'd mapped out for yourself. Or you can trust your personal demon who delivered that crazy idea in the first place. Trust your demon.”

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Author:Roger Zelazny

“I stop fighting my inner demons. We're on the same side now. T-shirt”

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Book:Second Grave on the Left

Source: Second Grave on the Left

“Look at Picasso. O’Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can force you to do powerful work.”

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Author:Marisha Pessl

“Until you have a son of your own . . . you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son. You will never know the sense of honor that makes a man want to be more than he is and to pass something good and hopeful into the hands of his son. And you will never know the heartbreak of the fathers who are haunted by the personal demons that keep them from being the men they want their sons to be.”

Knows Men Want Looks Heart Feelings Hands Joy Father Love Is He Man Son Dad Honor Demon Look Up Hopeful Love My Dad Personal Demons

Author:Kent Nerburn

“The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.”

Men Want Stories Destroyed Demon Fascinated Starks Tackling Personal Demons

Author:Carlisle Floyd

“Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.”

Should Home Remember Heal Demon Executioners Personal Demons

Author:Laurell K. Hamilton

“Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.”

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Book:Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love

Source: Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love