Quotes about self
self-esteem undervalue
He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them. Samuel Johnson
self views style
Where there is no style, there is in effect no point of view. There is, essentially, no anger, no conviction, no self. Style is opinion, hung washing, the caliber of a bullet, teething beads. Alexander Theroux
self-esteem age golden
You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived. Aberjhani
self-esteem love-yourself dare
Dare to love yourself
self psychics awareness
Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.
self-esteem love-yourself rainbow
Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.
self world knowledge-of-god
The Self-revealing of the Word is in every dimension - above, in creation; below, in the Incarnation; in the depth, in Hades; in the breadth, throughout the world. All things have been filled with the knowledge of God.
self-esteem ocean erode
Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
self insecurity doubt
Welcome to a life of insecurity and paralyzing self-doubt. Adam Brody
selfish heart winning
When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart... Abraham Verghese
self-confidence seductive firsts
To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
selfish mistake men
So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon volume is written to prove slavery a very good thing, we never hear of the man who wishes to take the good of it, by being a slave himself. Abraham Lincoln
self light god-love
Allowing myself to love God completely has obviously shed light on my self-love because he loves me more than I could ever love myself. Angie Stone
self occupation self-preservation
Self-Preservation is a full-time occupation. Ani Difranco
selfish happy-life winning
Living a happy life is my main priority. You guys may think I am selfish for "wasting my talent" by staying away from events for a bit, but I am finally at a comfortable place where I can honestly say, if you guys see me out on tour again it's because I am there to win, and I'm going to go 100%. Andy Irons
self-confidence effort action
You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure. Andy Grove
self rose dew
See how the Orient dew, Shed from the bosom of the morn Into the blowing roses, Yet careless of its mansion new; For the clear region where 'twas born Round in its self encloses: And in its little globes extent, Frames as it can its native element. Andrew Marvell
selfish world sides
Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up being a side-effect of that. Andrew Mason
self people be-who-you-are
You can spend time self-identifying and figuring out what you are on that, but at some point, you just want to be who you are and not walk around telling people. Amy Ray
self sorrow experience
Rapture's self is three parts sorrow. Amy Lowell
self abandon imaginary
I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her. Amy Lee
self-worth self body
That's the biggest thing to separate - your body from your self worth. Alison Sweeney
self soul modern
The self is the modern substitute for the soul. Allan Bloom
self keys enlightenment
Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not. And this is the best key to the meaning of enlightenment.
self effectiveness expectations
The first discipline modernity's originators imposed upon themselves was that of self-restraint, learning to live with vulgarity. Their high expectations for effectiveness were made possible by low expectations of what was to be.
self land america
America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster area from which lucky or pushy people emigrate to the Promised Land. Alison Lurie
self-esteem school independent
Grosvenor and Burke suggest that continually, though silently, a school building tells students who they are and how they should think about the world. It can help to manufacture rote obedience or independent activity; it can create high self-confidence or low self-esteem.
self prison authority
By disobeying god, we escape from his totalitarian prison where you cannot ask any questions, where you must never question authority. We become our human selves, Ann Druyan
self faces maintaining
Maintaining self-respect in the face of a devastating experience is of prime importance. Ann Landers
self people giving
It was frustrating when people loved you and took an interest in you and sometimes worried about you and personally cared what you did with yourself. Lena wished that love were something you could flip on and off. You could turn it on when you felt good bout yourself and worthy of it and generous enough to return it. You could clip it off when you needed to hide or self-destruct and had nothing at all to give." (Lena, 194) Ann Brashares
self lame might
So far, she’d been her usual lame self: solitary and routine-loving, carefully avoiding any path that might lead to spontaneous human interaction. Lena Kaligaris
self dieting wonder
Polly was pretty good at dieting, all right, but she was beginning to wonder whether you ever lost the parts of your self that you wanted to lose.
self years people
Those were the people who made her something, and without them she was different. She'd held on to them and to that old self tenaciously, though. She clung to it, celebrated it, worshipped it even, instead of constructing a new grown-up life for herself. For years she'd been eating the cold crumbs left over from a great feast, living on them as though they could last her forever.