Quotes about self
self-worth records wheels
I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions. Roland Gift
selfish animal years
We're a strange animal, so often destroying what we love for selfish ends, and yet tantalized by the sense that there are other choices if only we had strength to make them. In the politics of 400 years ago, we find the same questions we battle with today. Roland Joffe
self people saws
I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them. Roger Zelazny
self practice legislation
Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work. Susan Rice
self imagine hard
It is hard to imagine Thomas Kinkade as anything less than supremely self-assured. Susan Orlean
self half deny
For nothing is so hard to hear as that which is half known, and evaded. One never denies so hotly as in denying to one's self what one fears is true, and one never resents so bitterly as in resenting that which one cannot say one has the right to resent. Susan Glaspell
self-esteem believe feminism
Self-esteem is the basis for feminism because self-esteem is based on defining yourself and believing in that definition. Self-esteem is regarding yourself as a grown-up. Susan Faludi
self consciousness free-will
Free will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes. Susan Blackmore
self afterlife long
All things considered, I can see no reason to adopt the afterlife hypothesis. I am sure I shall remain in a minority for a long time to come, especially among experiencers, but for me the evidence and the arguments are overwhelming ... We are biological organisms, evolved in fascinating ways for no purpose at all and with no end in mind. We are simply here and this is how it is. I have no self and "I" own nothing. There is no one to die. There is just this moment, and now this, and now this.
self should presentation
Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting? Susan Cain
self performing
Every American was to become a performing self.
self-esteem way true-self
...true self-esteem comes from competence, not the other way around.
self phenomenon
Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon. Sugata Mitra
self feelings musician
I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. Sufjan Stevens
self smell comic
From so much of this seriously-intended pornography there rises, even when it is lewdly or boisterously comic, the acrid smell, unmistakable, of self-dislike. Storm Jameson
self people liberty
Life in the [London] suburb is richer at the lower levels. At these levels the people are not self-conscious at all, they are at liberty to be as eccentric as they please, they do not know that they are eccentric. Stevie Smith
self people negative
The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to feel besieged, powerless, self-critical, pessimistic, and generally negatively biased. Sonja Lyubomirsky
selfish school player
It's not uncommon in the entertainment world for agents to sign young talent. It's sinful that these players can't be represented by lawyers and agents when they're in school. If a player wants to hire someone to seek his value - in any other walk of life, except where this farcical entity that is the NCAA is involved - having a lawyer or agent isn't illegal. It's just the NCAA imposing its own set of rules. It's selfish on their part. Sonny Vaccaro
self order perfect
So often we wait for the climate and conditions in life to be perfect before we feel safe enough to step forward, trust, and be our authentic selves. What we don't realize is that in order to create the ideal climate we are waiting for, we must be authentic first. Sonia Choquette
self framework transcendence
Within alpinism's narrow framework we seek transcendence and relentlessly pursue what remains hidden from us on flat ground: our true selves. Steve House
self-confidence levels environment
It gave a tremendous level of self-confidence, that through exploration and learning one could understand seemingly very complex things in one's environment. Steve Jobs
self space despair
The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest. Rebecca Solnit
self
Say yes to your self. Say no to your anti-self. Robert G. Allen
self way should
Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal. Robert Green Ingersoll
self-harm ears way
Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm. Rudyard Kipling
self miserable blind
I've rarely met a miserable, self-pitying blind person. Rosemary Mahoney
self-improvement desire increase
Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us. Samuel Johnson
self flats modeling
By 17, I was modeling and had bought myself a flat. I've always tried to be self-sufficient. Sadie Frost
selfish good-man mentor
I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons. Ryan Gosling
self expression support
You have to question a cinematic culture that preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario, which is both complicit and complex. It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self.
self-esteem things-in-life balance
I approach most things in life with a dangerous level of confidence to balance my generally low self-esteem. Roxane Gay
self trying use
The other day, I saw a blog post where a woman wrote about why she was unfollowing me and that made me feel incredibly self-conscious and embarrassed about my tweets. I also feel more exposed now that I've become a more visible writer but then I try to get over all that and just use Twitter the way I want.
self massage parlor
I went to a massage parlor, it was self service. Rodney Dangerfield