Quotes about self
self being-a-woman conscious
If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me. Marissa Mayer
self realization doe
The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim. Marianne Moore
self talent conscious
My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them. Meghan O'Rourke
self shining fronts
I can let my true self shine in front of God. Megan McCafferty
self long people
I've always at least tried to be self-deprecating when I say anything about myself. As long as you set the bar low, it will keep people from putting you on a pedestal, so they can't knock you off. Megan Fox
self loathing neurotic
I'm self-loathing, introverted, and neurotic.
self lord
Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord?. Max Muller
self kansas heaven
The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick. Max Lucado
self-confidence age weakness
For inside all the weakness of old age, the spirit, God knows, is as mercurial as it ever was. May Sarton
self innocence pure
Innocence is not pure so much as pleased, Always expectant, bright-eyed, self-enclosed
self class two
... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence.
self people solitude
Once more I realize that solitude is my element, and the reason is that extreme awareness of other people (all naturally solitary people must feel this) precludes awareness of one's self, so after a while the self no longer knows that it exists.
self long machines
For a long time now, every meeting with another human being has been the reverberations after even the simplest conversation. But the deep collision is and has been with my unregenerate, tormenting and tormented self...I am unable to become what I see. I feel like an inadequate machine, a machine that breaks down at crucial moments, grinds to a dreadful halt, "won't go"...
self pleasure conscious
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. Max Eastman
selfish rap mean
I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you. Matthew McConaughey
self actors stuff
I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff. Matthew Lewis
selfish mind evolution
Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative. Matt Ridley
selfish
The first 10 minutes, I think we were a little too selfish on offense.
self medicine waiting
Politicians detest self-sufficient citizens. Politicians need to be needed. When we get socialized medicine, you will be completely dependent upon politicians for your medical care, as Canadians are today. That's why if you need an MRI in Canada, you have to wait three months - unless you pay certain kinds of homage to the right politicians. Neal Boortz
self growth disaster
A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self. Neale Donald Walsch
self self-reliance friendship-with-god
To have a friendship with God, all I really have to do is have a friendship with my Self.
self definitions interest
You are One with everything. When you are clear about this, your definition of self-interest will change.
self focus mind
Focus your mind on what your Highest Self chooses to be.
self giving dawn
Take an hour every day at dawn and give it to your Self. Meet your Self there, in the holy moment. Then go about your day. You will be a different person.
self soul mind
You are not a human being. You are not your body, you are not your mind, and you are not your soul. These are things that You have. The You that has these things - indeed, that has given your Self these things - is far bigger than any of them, and even all of them put together.
self vision next
The purpose of life is to create your Self anew, in the next grandest version of the greatest vision ever you held about Who You Are. It is to announce and become, express and fulfill, experience and know your true Self.
self definitions
Every act is an act of self definition.
self creating fields
Self-creation never ends. You are continually creating yourself from the field of infinite possibilities. You are, in every moment, born again. And so is everyone else.
self-esteem thinking long
So long as you are still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.
selfish kids artist
People have these weird ideas about artists being romantic, generous people, and sometimes I feel like an asshole, a selfish kid, a brat, the lucky one, because I get to do this and it's how I make my living. Nate Lowman
self kind consciousness
A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet, alone so much as I am, it is well to have some sort of a ventilator from the interior. Lucy Larcom
self lapses want
If any person wants to see clearly just how much she has changed - whether for better or worse - let her revisit after some lapse of time any place where she has ones lived. She will meet her former self at every turn, with every familiar face, in every old recollection ... She will see how much she has gained in some respects, how much she has lost - irretrievably lost - in others. Lucy Maud Montgomery
self-esteem winning race
Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape. Louis Zamperini