Quotes about self
self land ignorant
Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed. Mahatma Gandhi
self support religion
When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.
self hands religion
I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of clay in the Potter's divine hands so that my service may become more certain because uninterrupted by the baser self in me.
self bravery different
I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj
self birth-control method
Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.
selfless action source-of-strength
Selfless action is a source of strength.
self ethics vow
Self-restraint is the very keystone of the ethics of vow-taking.
self normal individual
Individual civil disobedience was everybody's inherent right, like the right of self-defence in normal life.
selfish long people
Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.
self-esteem self-confidence men
The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
self defense revolutionary
Self-defense...is the only honourable course where there is unreadiness for self-immolation.
self simplicity islam
I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.
selfish thinking years
The person I love would never wear fur. Fur just makes me think of shallow women who have no conscience. The fur industry belongs to a time when people were selfish beyond belief. If you were some ancient tribal cheiftain, and there was not a department store nearby 350 years ago, I'd understand. But now, we have synthetic fibers,and it's not necessary. The elitism of fur makes me wanna puke. Gavin Rossdale
selfish responsibility home
It's a very selfish time. When I'm here at home, my responsibilities are far greater. I'm forced to be way more selfless. My priorities are so far down the list that it's hard to see them. And yet, when I'm on tour, I basically have to get the show right, every night, but the days are really constructed around selfish activities for self-improvement, or not. That's where I feel guilty because I know that life is going on full-speed when I'm not around.
self extra-time trying
Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death experiences and their comparative frequency with regards to her good self, Alexia should probably have allowed extra time for such a predictable happenstance. Gail Carriger
self risk suffering
To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside. Frida Kahlo
self grace rich
I suspect anyone self-satisfied enough to refuse lawful pleasures: we are not sufficiently rich in our separate resources to reject the graces of the universe when offered ... Freya Stark
self hands shooting
On the other hand, there is a certain advantage in traveling with someone who has a reputation for shooting rather than being shot: as Keram said, in a self-satisfied way, they might kill me, but they would know that, if I was with him, there would be unpleasantness afterwards.
self long hatred
I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred. Frank Langella
self people church
Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
self fame interest
I do not like to "interest" the public with myself. Gustave Flaubert
self destruction aggressive
Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction. Greg Bear
self elephants empathy
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior. Graydon Carter
selfish years guy
Try not to be four years into a relationship when it suddenly dawns on you that the guy you're with is a big, selfish jerk. Greg Behrendt
self government culture
Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. Gilbert K. Chesterton
selfish confused cities
The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city, because it is a jungle, because it is confused and anarchic, and surging with selfish and materialistic energies.
self-esteem humble sunset
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. John Madden
self expression design
I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. John Malkovich
self blood government
Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty. John Lothrop Motley
self stupidity use
Where danger shews it self, apprehension cannot, without stupidity, be wanting; where danger is, sense of danger should be; and so much fear as should keep us awake, and excite our attention, industry, and vigour; but not to disturb the calm use of our reason, nor hinder the execution of what that dictates. John Locke
self doubt might
I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.
self-esteem philosophical men
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
self feelings age
In a speech, the columnist Charles Krauthammer.... offered a new version of Socrates' famous saying, "The unexamined life is not worth living." In our age of bottomless self-love and obsession with our own feelings, Krauthammer suggested, "The too-examined life is not worth living either. John Leo