Quotes about self
self true-self creator
God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self. Thomas Merton
self problem existence
There is only one problem on which all my existence, my peace, my happiness depend: to discover myself in discovering God. If I find Him I will find myself and if I find my true self I will find Him.
self-esteem people shining
There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.
self needs firsts
We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our own good works. The poor and helpless are the first to find Him, Who came to seek and to save that which was lost.
self order identity
The things we really need come to us only as gifts, and in order to receive them as gifts we have to be open. In order to be open we have to renounce ourselves, in a sense we have to die to our image of ourselves, our autonomy, our fixation upon our self-willed identity.
selfish believe men
Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith.
self disease contemplation
Self-contemplation is infallibly the symptom of disease. Thomas Carlyle
self evil slavery
Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil; it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.
self firsts sin
The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
self-esteem mind esteem
Everything starts with yourself-with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. Tony Dorsett
selfish tragedy realizing
Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.
self development needs
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons. Tony Campolo
selfish angel devil
I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint-- I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they're so hard to find... Tom Waits
self-esteem heart stranger
To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook) Steven Heighton
self-esteem feel-good meals
Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal. Steve-O
self suffering demand
Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our own, including logic and morality. Even among humans, morality is ignored when expedient. Why should we expect more from an alien life form than we demand from ourselves? Steve Perry
self-esteem firsts world
The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first. Steve McQueen
self advice levels
A remarkable memoir that's packed with anecdotes, advice and humor, all while maintaining a high level of dignity and self-awareness. Steve Martin
self talking comedy
I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process. Steve Carell
self people way
Even the most self-confident people, at one point of their lives, felt like outsiders or felt like they weren't being heard or seen or witnessed in some way.
self-confidence flirting lines
I'm not good with pickup lines or flirting. I don't have that kind of self-confidence or natural charisma.
selfish past space
Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. But our genetic code still carries the selfish and aggressive instincts that were of survival advantage in the past. It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand or million. Our only chance of long term survival, is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space. Stephen Hawking
self would-be boundaries
One could say: "The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary." The universe would be completely self-contained and not affected by anything outside itself. It would neither be created nor destroyed. It would just BE.
selfishness desert fool
Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life. Stendhal
selfish passion true-passion
Our true passions are selfish.
self psychological constructs
public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self. Sigmund Freud
self years fifty
Cigars served me for precisely fifty years as protection and a weapon in the combat of life... I owe to the cigar a great intensification of my capacity to work and a facilitation of my self-control.
self ideas people
Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put them in self-danger of coming to mental harm, being unable to cope with the idea of a godless, purposeless life.
self longing form
Love in the form of longing and deprivation lowers the self regard.
self-worth house ego
The ego is not master in its own house.
self-confidence knowing goal
Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.
self-esteem color people
With color, for the price of a pot of paint, people can express their own style and individuality. But, as with style, a gift for color has to be developed by experiment. If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness.
selfish men interesting
He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting. Shirley Jackson