Quotes about self
self world firsts
When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer
selfish men use
The charlatan takes very different shapes according to circumstances; but at bottom he is a man who cares nothing about knowledge for its own sake, and only strives to gain the semblance of it that he may use it for his own personal ends, which are always selfish and material.
selfish-people psychology selfishness
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
self doubt trials
As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial. Antonio Munoz Molina
selfish mean men
It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself, a moral discipline that permits him to subordinate voluntarily his own selfish interest to the wider interests of the society in which he lives. The gentleman, therefore is a cultural person in the noblest sense of the word, if by culture we mean not simply wealth of intellectual knowledge but also the ability to fulfil one's duty and understand one's fellow man by respecting / every principle, every opinion, every faith that is sincerely professed. Antonio Gramsci
self somewhere-else bears
Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free. Antonio Porchia
self looks existence
When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
self vanity ridiculous
Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist.
self important would-be
It would be gross understatement to say that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is not a model of clarity. It is in many important respects a model of ambiguity or indeed even self-contradiction. Antonin Scalia
self-esteem responsibility destiny
Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing defeat to take over. Take responsibility for your destiny. You can come up with a performance, if you can reach down and dig deep enough into your competitive soul. You can overcome tremendous obstacles. Bruce Jenner
self self-knowledge
All knowledge leads to self-knowledge. Bruce Lee
self-improvement martial-arts personal-development
Take what's useful, discard what is not.
self self-knowledge
All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge.
self discipline mind
Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.
self perception rewards
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.
self victory conquer
Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.
self support environmental
Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support.
self rating should
We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness.
self order opinion
In order to realize our true self we must be willing to live without being dependent upon the opinion of others.
self mirrors existential
Zen is not “attained” by mirror-wiping mediation, but by “self-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.” We do not “come”, we “are.” Don't strive to become, but be.
self defense target
There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.
self gains facts
You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you.
self-confidence people energy-flow
Action is a high road to self-confidence and esteem. Where it is open, all energies flow toward it. It comes readily to most people, and its rewards are tangible.
self understanding important
The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we allow to gather in our head. All concepts of self-improvement, all actions and paths we take, relate solely to our abstract image of ourselves. Life is limited only by how we really see ourselves and feel about our being. A great deal of pure self-knowledge and inner understanding allows us to lay an all-important foundation for the structure of our life from which we can perceive and take the right avenues.
self humour defence
Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me. Brooke Shields
self shining ego
When someone becomes transparent, then something shines through that person that has nothing to do with the person or any of his or her personal history. What is required is becoming so transparent that the self or ego dissolves. Eckhart Tolle
self singing heard
What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can. Denise Levertov
self-esteem may done
Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it. Denis Waitley
self addiction achievement
The only limits on human achievement are self-imposed.
self life-is prophecy
Life is self-fulfilling prophecy.
self-esteem quality accepting
Positive self-esteem is the quality of simply saying thank you and accepting any value that is attributed to you by others.
self-esteem riding limousines
The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.
self-esteem self-worth feelings
Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.