Quotes about self
selfish taken resentment
We are vulnerable if we can be taken by a wave of emotion, invaded by an invidious impulse, roughed up by resentment, or engulfed by a surge of selfishness. Neal A. Maxwell
self-esteem goal generosity
I find that goal setting, when done this way, leads to goal achieving. The chronic failure to achieve goals lowers self-esteem. Show me a failure to achieve a goal, and usually I can show you the violation of one or more of the above criteria. Imposed goals, vague goals, and unrealistic goals tend to produce only partial successes and outright failures.
self subtraction meekness
Meekness, the subtraction of self, reduces the multiplication of words.
selfish way rooms
In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way.
self firsts actresses
I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success. Natasha Lyonne
self ego evolution
Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution. Muhammad Iqbal
self slumber might
It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.
self criticism intellect
Human intellect is natures attempt at self criticism
self sea giving
Though the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we may dwell.
self spirituality wealth
My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality. Muhammad Ali
self-esteem impossible said
I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. Don't tell me I can't do something. Don't tell me it's impossible. Don't tell me I'm not the greatest. I'm the double greatest.
self healthy employee
A fully functioning employee with a healthy self-image is money in the bank. Marilyn Ferguson
selfish feel-good charity
That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good. Maria Menounos
self voice challenges
Some of my friends and family have tried to challenge me to do jokes that aren't as self-deprecating, where I genuinely express my own opinion in my own voice. Maria Bamford
self-esteem esteem
Take your work seriously, but never yourself. Margot Fonteyn
selfish world actresses
I was really conflicted. I had always planned to help the world. Instead, I was going to become an actress? That seemed like such a selfish thing to do. Maria Bello
selfish ambition men
The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. Martin Luther King, Jr.
self
The self cannot be self without other selves.
self purpose unwavering-faith
Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty.
self direct-action campaigns
In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.
self jail world
There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.
self matter action
Action eradicates fear. No matter what you fear,--- positive, self-affirming action can diminish or completely cancel that which you are fearful of. Mark Victor Hansen
self
No one can self-actualize without self-actualizing those around them.
self principles denial
The very act of faith by which we receive Christ is an act of the utter renunciation of self, and all its works, as a ground of salvation. It is really a denial of self, and a grounding of its arms in the last citadel into which it can be driven, and is, in its principle, inclusive of every subsequent act of self-denial by which sin is forsaken or overcome. Mark Hopkins
self age reason
The reason some younger women were willing to go out with my flabby, ageing self was that no one of their own age would put up with them for more than 10 minutes. Mark Barrowcliffe
self cooking defense
I got into cooking out of self-defense. Mark Bittman
self doe profit
Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one’s self without thought of profit. Marguerite Yourcenar
self looks denial
Look at Christ, my dear friend: His life was divine through and through, full of self-denial, and He did everything for mankind, finding His satisfaction and His delight in the dissolution of His material being. Mikhail Bakunin
self organization people
They maintain that only a dictatorship - their dictatorship, of course - can create the will of the people, while our answer to this is: No dictatorship can have any other aim but that of self-perpetuation, and it can beget only slavery in the people tolerating it; freedom can be created only by freedom, that is, by a universal rebellion on the part of the people and free organization of the toiling masses from the bottom up.
self soul energy
We are morphing as we go through things, and then we're presented with the notion of a soul. A soul implies more than just the preservation of energy. Science will tell you that you can explode a person, but their energy still exists - even if they're decimated, the universe will preserve that in the form of heat or whatever it is. So there's a preservation of our molecules or whatever, but is there a preservation of a thing that's called the self if that thing is not actually ever one thing? Mike Cahill
self people feelings
I couldn't help feeling people thought I was a moron, and my self-imposed insecurity constantly bedeviled me. Nicholas Brendon
self-esteem party long
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem. Mitt Romney
self way behavior
Our behavior is a function of our experience. We act according to the way we see things. If our experience is destroyed, our behavior will be destructive. If our experience is destroyed, we have lost our own selves. R. D. Laing