Sentence examples similar to well read self from inspiring English sources

Neither brother finished high school, but they were well read, self-reliant and enterprising.

I was astonished to discover that while virtually all appeared to have been well read, the various self-evaluative tests, quizzes and questionnaires included in the books were never filled out.

Jhabvala, now in New York and still a friend, recalls the 18-year-old she would go swimming with as "absolutely beautiful, very quiet, tremendously well read and sensitive, and self-contained; she had a halo of perfection around her.

Complexs Tara Aquino described Belle as "a kinda feminist... who's well-read, self-sufficient, and with standards high enough that she doesn't fall for the town's brain-dead pretty boy".

She was self-taught and well read.

But he was profoundly self-educated and well read.

Many of these gang leaders are highly intelligent and, though self-educated, extremely well read.

For all the good it does it may as well read, "No horn blowing except for self-expression".

◆ To the Editor: Joshua Henkin's essay about learning and loving words reminded me of my own word-loving father, who was self-educated but well read, enjoyed a large vocabulary and insisted on "the preferred pronunciation" of words.

We study for the mind and read self-help books or go to seminars for psychological well-being.

I don't read self-help books.