Quotes about self
selfish thinking animal
I think that people who don't like animals tend to be selfish, but I'm biased. Jessica Alba
self people risk
I'm much more of a risk taker. I'm more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don't. I probably should.
self-confidence looks clue
My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.
self people blame
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.' Howard Schultz
selfishness courtesy veneer
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. Honore de Balzac
self feelings hierarchy
Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among the Holy Saints.
self resignation unfortunate
By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate.
self self-love turns
The wounds of self-love turn incurable when the oxide of self-love gets into them.
self beast should
I've become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it's difficult to tame the beast in oneself. Ivan Turgenev
self live-in-the-moment life-is
Each individual is more or less dimly aware of his significance, is aware that he's something innately superior, something eternal--and lives, is obligated to live, in the moment and for the moment.
self medicine understanding
Psychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish. Your greatest instrument is you, yourself, and the work of self-understanding is endless. I'm still learning. Irvin D. Yalom
self forever treasure
Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortality. Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge that we will grow, blossom, and, inevitably, diminish and die.
self despair pay
Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.
selfish trainspotting welsh
I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself. Irvine Welsh
self singing assertive
Nothing is more beautifully and acceptably self-assertive than good singing. Iris Murdoch
self light secret
We must live by the light of our own self-satisfaction, through that secret vital busy inwardness which is even more remarkable than our reason.
self law discipline
My whole theory for the improvement of society is based on a belief in the discipline and the education of the individual to self-control and right doing, for the sake of right doing. I have never seen fundamental improvements imposed from the top by ordinances and laws. Ida Tarbell
self enthusiasm perpetual
The self is too small an object for perpetual enthusiasm. Huston Smith
self consciousness form
Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism. Gloria Naylor
self two america
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots. One is generous and humane, the other narrowly egotistical; one is self-critical, the other self-righteous; one is sensible, the other romantic; one is good-humored, the other solemn; one is inquiring, the other pontificating; one is moderate, the other filled with passionate intensity; one is judicious and the other arrogant in the use of great power. J. William Fulbright
self heroism preservation
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. J. R. R. Tolkien
self-esteem self-worth levels
We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. Iyanla Vanzant
self gossip mind
When you gossip, it's self-hexing. Because when you do it, it comes back to you. Everything starts with the word. The word is demonstrating a condition of the mind. If it's in your mind and comes out of your mouth, it will be created.
self-love done matter
Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.
selfish mean responsibility
Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.
self violence compare
Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.
self expression stills
Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused. Isaac Hayes
self stubborn educated
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities. Isaac Disraeli
self genius intention
Genius is inconsiderate, self-relying, and, like unconscious beauty, without any intention to please.
self appreciate life-is
Self-education is a continuing source of pleasure to me, for the more I know, the fuller my life is and the better I appreciate my own existence Isaac Asimov
self-improvement improvement duty
What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others. Immanuel Kant
self way hell
Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
selfish years drug
I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever. Elton John