Quotes about self
selfish rights attachment
Every selfish motive therefore, every family attachment, ought to recommend such a system of policy as would provide no less carefully for the rights and happiness of the lowest than of the highest orders of Citizens. George Mason
selfish
You don't want to get too selfish over times. But we went out and got it done again.
self-esteem believe persistence
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. David D. Burns
self-esteem compassion optimism
If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.
self white black
If you awaken from this illusion, and you understand that black implies white, self implies other, life implies death - or shall I say, death implies life - you can conceive yourself. Not conceive, but feel yourself, not as a stranger in the world, not as someone here on sufferance, on probation, not as something that has arrived here by fluke, but you can begin to feel your own existence as absolutely fundamental. What you are basically, deep, deep down, far, far in, is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself. Alan Watts
self mind wish
Belief…is the insistence that the truth is what one would ‘lief’ or (will or) wish to be…Faith is an unreserved opening of the mind to the truth, whatever it may turn out to be. Faith has no preconceptions; it is a plunge into the unknown. Belief clings, but faith let’s go…faith is the essential virtue of science, and likewise of any religion that is not self-deceptio
self two laughing
I'm at that age where I watch such things with two minds, one that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa. Alan Bradley
self errors mind
Fundamentalism has stood aloof from the liberal in self-conscious superiority and has on its own part fallen into error, the error of textualism, which is simply orthodoxy without the Holy Ghost. Everywhere among conservatives we find persons who are Bible-taught but not Spirit-taught. They conceive truth to be something which they can grasp with the mind. Aiden Wilson Tozer
self america life-is
In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music. Chris Barber
self firsts affection
She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
self body impossible
An 'I' without a body is a possibility. But a body without an 'I' is utterly impossible. Edith Stein
self-confidence tvs internet
TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet. David Walliams
self denial virtue
Self-denial is a monkish virtue. David Hume
self typewriters discipline
I understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it's going well or not going well. David Duchovny
self quality able
A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality. Bear Grylls
self surprise sometimes
Sometimes I surprise my own damn self. Barry Bonds
self people soul
I do not care about my own appearance, but I would hope that people could see into my soul, and that is presented better in these photographs than in others. (On his self-portraits) August Strindberg
self silence action
The transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation . Audre Lorde
self who-i-am definitions
My fullest concentration of energy is available to me only when I integrate all the parts of who I am, openly, allowing power from particular sources of my living to flow back and forth freely through all my different selves, without the restriction of externally imposed definition.
self ambitious flukes
I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating. Diablo Cody
selfish thinking artist
I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it. Denzel Washington
self addiction achievement
The only limits on human achievement are self-imposed. Denis Waitley
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 self-worth feelings
Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.
self-esteem self-confidence loving-yourself
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
self-confidence self born
No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience.
self class effort
The confidence you need is belief in your potential. If you see world-class potential in yourself, you'll put in the effort. If you don't see the potential, you won't put in the effort and you'll wait for the performance, and the performance always follows the belief in self.
self-esteem
Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.
self hatred stupidity
Here's how my brain works: It's stupidity, followed by self-hatred, and then further analysis. Louis C. K.
self use brake
The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but merely harmful when the direction is right Bertrand Russell
self play joy
It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. Cass McCombs
self pitfalls devotion
The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective. Agnes Martin