Quotes about self
self people inspire
People-to-people charity is more efficient, less costly, more human and compassionate, and more likely to inspire change and self-sufficiency in the beneficiary. Larry Elder
self important towns
I love Washington, but it is a self-important town. Lady Bird Johnson
self keys way
The key to all fanatical beliefs is that they are self-confirming....(some beliefs are) fanatical not because they are "false", but because they are expressed in such a way that they can never be shown to be false. Neil Postman
self fire different
As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature in whom he is present. Marcus Aurelius
self mind lasts
If you do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life, and stop being aimless, stop letting your emotions override what your mind tells you, stop being hypocritical, self-centered, irritable.
self gains return
When forced, as it seems, by your environment to be utterly disquieted, return with all speed into your self, staying in discord no longer than you must. By constant recurrence to the harmony, you will gain more command over it.
selfish refinement busybodies
Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody.
self upset unity
When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.
selfish people ungrateful
I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.
self true-self
My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.
self people car
Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better. Marc Andreessen
self understanding mind
Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds. Thomas a Kempis
self mirrors want
If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance,
selfish believe religion
The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in. Thomas A. Edison
self doubt physicians
Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients. Siddhartha Mukherjee
selfish
I'm just selfish. I have to be for what I do. Shia LaBeouf
self blame fingers
All of the things that have happened in my life have been self-propelled. I can't blame anybody else or point a finger at anybody.
self usual unusual
My usual self is a very unusual self. Shelagh Delaney
self hatred self-hatred
At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred. Sharon Salzberg
self meditation-practice differences
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
self shopping house
For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious. Shannen Doherty
self records way
I don't enjoy the work that I do. It's just that it's not self-sustaining anymore. The way that I like to make records - they're expensive records to make and just can't afford to do it anymore. Natalie Merchant
self details conscious
Be awake to the details around you, but don't be self-conscious. Natalie Goldberg
self optimism doubt
I’ve questioned everything about myself, every step of the way. You have to have the same amount of fear and self-doubt as you do hope and blind optimism. Taylor Swift
self trying stills
I'd like to be my old self again but I'm still trying to find it
self want vain
I never want to end up being a self-centered, vain human being.
self people priorities
It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.
selfish team believe
I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself. Taraji P. Henson
self feelings disappear
As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own. . . . There was no sense of a self owning them. Tara Brach
self feelings psychology
I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.
self years roots
Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.
self gone truth-is
We've had a major shift in what truth is and where it comes from. We've gone from being God-centered to self-centered, from being objective to being subjective and from being internal to external, Josh McDowell
selfish thinking events
I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker. Joshua Homme