Quotes about self
self defense judgment
At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior? Dan Gelber
self want self-destructive
I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do. Dan Harmon
self-esteem men trying
Throughout their lives, women try to pummel their bodies into some phantom ideal shape that exists only with a lot of airbrushing. ... I don't blame men for this. Men seem to go for us no matter what size and shape we are. I blame capitalism. No, really. The consumer must constantly be in a state of anxious low self-esteem so that she will constantly buy lipsticks and girdles to make her feel cuter. Cynthia Heimel
self ions soul
Everything is in flux: everything changes; the body changes, the soul changes. We are capable of extraordinary self-transmutat ion and internal self-transforma tion. Clive Barker
self two strange
Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests, very subtly, a certain personal superiority by reason of one's belonging to a place which is definable and familiar, as against a place that is strange, remote. E. B. White
self-esteem worry looks
I don’t have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like Adele
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. Allan Bloom
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.
self hands class
As Christ's ministry drew to its close, its severity and its gentleness both increased; its severity to the class from whom it never turned away. Side by side through all His manifestations of Himself, there were the two aspects: "He showed Himself froward " (if I may quote the word) to the self-righteous and the Pharisee; and He bent with more than a woman's tenderness of 'yearning love over the darkness and sinfulness, which in its great darkness dimly knew itself blind, and in its sinfulness stretched out a lame hand of faith, and groped after a Divine deliverer. Alexander MacLaren
self class identity
Daily life is a comprimised blend of posturing for the sake of role-playing and of varying degrees of self-revelation. Under stressful conditions even the "true" self cannot be precisely defined, as Erving Goffman observes. ...Little wonder that the identity crisis is a major source of modern neuroticism , and that the urban middle class aches for a return to a simpler existence. E. O. Wilson
self holy-grail cost
The Holy Grail of universal coverage in the United States may remain out of reach unless, through rational collective action overriding some individual self-interest, we can reduce per capita costs. Donald Berwick
self world mouths
Now, here is the point about the self: it is insatiable. It is always, always hankering. It is what you might call rapacious to a fault. The great flaming mouth to the thing is never in this world going to be stuff full. Donald Barthelme
self criticism session
Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated.
self want failing
Even when you self-destruct, you want to fail more, lose more, die more than others, stink more than others. Don DeLillo
self interest loses
I'd like to lose interest in myself ...
self long innovation
Any system, biological, economic, or social, that gets so encrusted that it cannot self-evolve, a system that systematically scorns experimentation and wipes out the raw material of innovation, is doomed over the long term on this highly variable planet. Donella Meadows
self self-righteous righteous
God has nothing to say to the self-righteous. Dwight L. Moody
self discipline virtue
Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone. Duke Ellington
self law defense
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it. Douglas William Jerrold
self common discovering
... both therapy and friendship possessed the common denominator of discovering a self ... Dorothy Gilman
self dust sea
To subdue one's self to one's own ends might be dangerous, but to subdue one's self to other people's ends was dust and ashes. Yet there were those, still more unhappy, who envied even the ashy saltness of those dead sea apples. Dorothy L. Sayers
self doe delay
Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense. Donald Rumsfeld
self world lines
I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens. Donald Miller
self accepting-god discipline
Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will.
self important body
I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important. Claudia Cardinale
self giving over-you
When you encounter some problems, if you point your finger at yourself and not at others, this gives you control over yourself and calmness in a situation, where otherwise self-control becomes problematic. Dalai Lama
self discipline negative
Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.
self discipline self-discipline
Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.
self enlightenment self-being
True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized.
self anxiety focus
One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.