Quotes about self
selfish thinking years
The person I love would never wear fur. Fur just makes me think of shallow women who have no conscience. The fur industry belongs to a time when people were selfish beyond belief. If you were some ancient tribal cheiftain, and there was not a department store nearby 350 years ago, I'd understand. But now, we have synthetic fibers,and it's not necessary. The elitism of fur makes me wanna puke. Gavin Rossdale
selfish responsibility home
It's a very selfish time. When I'm here at home, my responsibilities are far greater. I'm forced to be way more selfless. My priorities are so far down the list that it's hard to see them. And yet, when I'm on tour, I basically have to get the show right, every night, but the days are really constructed around selfish activities for self-improvement, or not. That's where I feel guilty because I know that life is going on full-speed when I'm not around.
self extra-time trying
Someone was trying to kill Lady Alexia Maccon. It was most inconvenient, as she was in a dreadful hurry. Given her previous familiarity with near-death experiences and their comparative frequency with regards to her good self, Alexia should probably have allowed extra time for such a predictable happenstance. Gail Carriger
self risk suffering
To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside. Frida Kahlo
self grace rich
I suspect anyone self-satisfied enough to refuse lawful pleasures: we are not sufficiently rich in our separate resources to reject the graces of the universe when offered ... Freya Stark
self hands shooting
On the other hand, there is a certain advantage in traveling with someone who has a reputation for shooting rather than being shot: as Keram said, in a self-satisfied way, they might kill me, but they would know that, if I was with him, there would be unpleasantness afterwards.
self long hatred
I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred. Frank Langella
self motorcycle stilettos
Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt. Maggie Grace
selfish silly fall
Gansey leaned back, head thrown to the side, drunken and silly with happiness. "I love this car," he said, loud enough to be heard over the engine. "I should buy four more of them. I'll just open the door of one to fall in to the other. One can be a living room, one can be my kitchen, I'll sleep in one..." "And the fourth? Butler's pantry?" Blue shouted. "Don't be so selfish. Guest room. Maggie Stiefvater
selfish promise want
I wasn’t sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that was too painfully impossible to want.
self laughing kitchen
Sam laughed, a funny, self-deprecating laugh. "You did read a lot. And spent too much time just inside the kitchen window, where I couldn't see you very well." "And not enough time mostly naked in front of my bedroom window?" I teased. Sam turned bright red. "That," he said, "is so not the point of this conversation.
self self-control grace-brisbane
I’m not looking for self-control.
self grace overestimate
Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control.
self self-destruction destruction
I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction. Mackenzie Phillips
self causes sensitive
Self-love, so sensitive in its own cause, has rarely any sympathy to spare for others. Madame de Stael
self somewhere-else pathways
This person, this self, this me, finally, was made somewhere else. Everything had come from somewhere else, and it would all go somewhere else. I was nothing but a pathway for the person known as me. Haruki Murakami
self years mind
No matter what you tell me, no matter how legitimate your reasons, I can never just forget about you, I can never push the years we spent together out of my mind. I can't do it because it really happened, they are part of my life, and there is no way I can just erase them. That would be the same as erasing my own self.
self darkness want
A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propagating itself by its own power in its own self-contained cycle. And once it passes a certain point, no one can stop it-even if the person himself wants to stop it.
self giving accountability
The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
self literature spoken-word
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
self firsts favourite
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
self-esteem yoga believe
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
self personality suffering
My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession. Joaquin Phoenix
selfish fighting thinking
I think I was righteous. I saw myself as the good guy in my own movie. I didn't get into many fights when I was younger, but when I did, they were righteous. I always thought I was defending something good. I fought for friends who couldn't fight for themselves. I was still being selfish and arrogant, but I was focused on what was fair and unfair. Jo Nesbo
selfish heart thinking
I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.
self desire noble
I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment. Jimmy Carter
self racism gay-marriage
Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
self knowing contentment
Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances. John C. Maxwell
self people perspective
One way to overcome our natural self-centeredness is to try to see things from other people's perspectives.
self development spinning
One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner. Mahatma Gandhi
self hands spinning
If hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise.
self secret gita
To one who reads the spirit of the Gita, it teaches the secret of nonviolence, the secret of realizing self through the physical body.
self realization way
The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.