Quotes about self
self mad imagination
How sad it is when a luxurious imagination is obliged in self defense to deaden its delicacy in vulgarity, and riot in things attainable that it may not have leisure to go mad after things that are not. John Keats
selfish love-is breathe
My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.
self actors actresses
No, actors go out with actresses as a form of self-flagellation. John Cusack
self important wanted
I never wanted to come off as self-important.
self-worth views numbers
A lot of people want to have market share numbers, lots of users, because that's how they view their self worth. For me, one of the most important things for Linux is having a big community that is actively testing new kernels; it's the only way to support the absolute insane amount of different hardware we deal with. Linus Torvalds
self-esteem style
Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't. Linda Ellerbee
selfish done ifs
It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done. Gayle Forman
self balls useless
I know. So, I was angry with you. I didn't know why. I was angry with the world. I did know why. I hated all my therapists for being useless. I was this little ball of self-destructive fury, and none of them could do anything but tell me that I was a little ball of self-destructive fury. [...] I knew I was angry. Tell me what to do with that anger, please.
self knows impediments
Self-love knows no impediment. Lynda Obst
self people creative
For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you. Luke Evans
self soul cups
While Socrates empties the cup of poison with unshaken soul,Christ exclaims,'If it is possible, let this cup pass from me'.Christ in this respect is the self- confession of human sensibility. Ludwig Feuerbach
self-esteem naked done
The painting is always done very much with [the model's] co-operation. The problem with painting a nude, of course, is that it deepens the transaction. You can scrap a painting of someone's face and it imperils the sitter's self-esteem less than scrapping a painting of the whole naked body. Lucian Freud
selfish thinking issues
I don't think there's a specific route to take to make a relationship last a long time. And who knows what the future will bring. Please God we are happy forever, but you just don't know what's round the corner. For me the key issue is not to be selfish, on both sides. I think the moment someone becomes selfish they let the other person down. Louise Redknapp
self-confidence self bears
I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all. Loretta Young
self silence defense
In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.
self charm absorption
Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators.
self vanity praise
Self praise is no praise at all. Lord Byron
self hypocrisy form
Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy
self tears claims
None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.
self denial littles
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Lord Chesterfield
self ego veils
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
self firsts natural
Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection of others.
self matter where-you-are
Where you're from only matters in relation to where you are. Malcolm Forbes
self-confidence winning opportunity
Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent. You see the opportunity but also greater limitations than you should. I have always believed in what I do on the chessboard, even when I had no objective reason to. It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them. Magnus Carlsen
self people competition
The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. Major Owens
self-esteem decisions-you-make risk
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. Maimonides
self divine-wisdom mind
This must be our belief when we have a correct knowledge of our own self, and comprehend the true nature of everything; we must be content, and not trouble our mind with seeking a certain final cause for things that have none, or have no other final cause but their own existence, which depends on the Will of God, or, if you prefer, on the Divine Wisdom.
self-confidence true-identity culture
The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
self expression coming-back
The search for total knowledge starts from the Self and finds its fulfillment in coming back to the Self, finding that everything is the expression of the Self - everything is the expression of my own Self. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
self ruins firsts
Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts. Mahatma Gandhi
self fasting longing
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.
self essentials defence
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.
self-esteem men law
The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.