Quotes about self
self path resistance
Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society. Thomas Sowell
self-esteem ignorance people
People used to say, "Ignorance is no excuse." Today, ignorance is no problem. After all, you have "a right to your own opinion" - and self-esteem to boot.
self cost facts
Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?.
selfish war care
The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against 'the rich' and big business, they don't care how much collateral damage there is to workers who end up end up unemployed.
selfish war ignorance
Deep thinkers who look everywhere for the mysterious causes of poverty, ignorance, crime and war need look no further than their own mirrors. We are all born into this world poor and ignorant, and with thoroughly selfish and barbaric impulses. Those of us who turn out any other way do so largely through the efforts of others, who civilized us before we got big enough to do too much damage to the world or ourselves.
self ruts persons
There is something therapeutic about doing for others that lifts a person out of the rut of self-thought. Tim LaHaye
self house trying
The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control. Tim Ferriss
self creating discipline
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
self-esteem self-confidence insecure
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
self-esteem self-confidence insecure
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
self attention gains
I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.
self decision examination
If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment - now and not later.
self desire important
Why is erasing desire seen as so important? If the subjugation of the self is the point of the self what's the point in having a self? It's like someone handing you a leaflet which says throw this leaflet away. Tibor Fischer
self deception strange
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects. Sam Harris
self-worth self culture
Self-worth and financial worth become indistinguishable. Russell Peters
self-esteem two lord
The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self. Russell M. Nelson
self-esteem feelings example
Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.
selfish strikers
Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.
self use libertarian
Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense. Ron Paul
self trying together
I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value! Sam Palladio
self-esteem animal men
The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst. Sam Keen
self discipline trying
I dont have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar. Sally Phillips
self talking listening
Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening. Ruth Rendell
self roots soul
When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul. Rumi
self lust desire
There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.
self remember forgotten
Remember God so much that you are forgotten.
self greed desire
Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go out of greed for more, or out of fear of poverty and need.
self class roots
The self-discipline of the Social Democracy is not merely the replacement of the authority of bourgeois rulers with the authority of a socialist central committee. The working class will acquire the sense of the new discipline, the freely assumed self-discipline of the Social Democracy, not as a result of the discipline imposed on it by the capitalist state, but by extirpating, to the last root, its old habits of obedience and servility. Rosa Luxemburg
self historical criticism
Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best when butting heads in self-criticism, and in historical thunder and lightning, it retains its strength.
self roots evil
Self-criticism, cruel, unsparing criticism that goes to the very root of the evil, is life and breath for the proletarian movement.
self distortion irrational
Distortions control my self-image, like they do for a lot of us. It's irrational. Ron Perlman
self-confidence self appearance
My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance.
self portraits caricatures
When I draw my caricature self-portrait, I always do a huge smile. Rolf Harris