I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes. Augusten Burroughs
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Mary Wollstonecraft
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds. Ronald David Laing
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. Anthony Robbins
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself according to the vessel that contains it. Chinese Proverb
Each man's character shapes his fortunes. Latin Proverb