Quotes about self
selfish writing selfishness
It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. Tanith Lee
self people giving
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market. But the problem is that it's all backwards. It's not that you do the right thing and hope it pays off; the morally right thing is by definition the thing that gives the biggest payoff. Tana French
self-esteem our-future feels
I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem. Tupac Shakur
selfish mean angel
We look at death from the selfish side, like: "That guy died. Oh, it's so sad." Why is it sad? He's away from all of this bad stuff that's here on Earth. I mean, at the worst, he's just somewhere quiet, no nothing. At best, he's an angel... or he's a spirit somewhere. What is so bad about that?
self guy want
Here's the thing: you're not really ready for love until you have enough self-respect that if you met your exact self, but in a guy, you would totally, completely, absolutely want to be with him. Tracy McMillan
self-esteem boys men
Women with low self-esteem love bad boys. Women who have work to do love bad boys. Women who love themselves love good men.
selfish
There's nothing about me that's selfish. Tracy McGrady
self who-i-am mirrors
I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me. Tracy Morgan
self self-righteous righteous
most of us have to be self-righteous before we can be righteous. Vera Brittain
self honor bigger
It's thrilling and it's an honor to be part of something bigger than your own self. Venus Williams
self-worth tennis quality
Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court.
self-esteem ancestry heredity
Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. Van Wyck Brooks
self tree legs
I was self-conscious of what I would call my "tree-trunk legs" because they are very muscular... but now I've learned to love them. Vanessa Hudgens
self being-cool
Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.
self grace trying
Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self. Instead, use unfairness as a starting point to be sure that your actions are the best you can muster, and find peace in navigating your time here with grace and humor whenever possible. Valerie Plame
selfish vanity goal
Human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution. Richard Dawkins
selfish mean science
Scientific and technological progress themselves are value-neutral. They are just very good at doing what they do. If you want to do selfish, greedy, intolerant and violent things, scientific technology will provide you with by far the most efficient way of doing so. But if you want to do good, to solve the world's problems, to progress in the best value-laden sense, once again, there is no better means to those ends than the scientific way.
selfish opposites society
Mutation is random; natural selection is the very opposite of random.
selfish science survival
We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.
selfish philosophical thought-provoking
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
self-esteem ego locks
You're best when you're not in charge. The ego locks the muse. Robin Williams
self true-self walks
One can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back. Robin Hobb
self events-in-life challenges
That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.
self years people
I have found over the years that the most important way of getting people to relax is self-deprecating humor. Robert Reich
self people miracle
People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm. Robert Redford
self mediums subjects
A subject emerges from an interaction between my self, my I, and my medium. Robert Motherwell
self years levels
Usually for a movie, if you want a 13-year-old, you get a 16-year-old who looks 13, because 13-year-olds dont have that level of self-awareness. Robbie Coltraine
self forgotten truest
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self. Richard Paul Evans
self world wonderful
Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around. Richard Holbrooke
self sick narcissistic
To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption. Richard Hofstadter
selfish sacrifice benefits
What you cannot have is a gene that sacrifices itself for the benefit of other genes. What you can have is a gene that makes organisms sacrifice themselves for other organisms under the influence of selfish genes.
selfish generosity design
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.
selfishness disguise inspection
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.