Quotes about self
self vanity praise
Self praise is no praise at all. Lord Byron
self hypocrisy form
Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy
self tears claims
None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.
self denial littles
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. Lord Chesterfield
self ego veils
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
self firsts natural
Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection of others.
self people competition
The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. Major Owens
self bravery different
I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj Mahatma Gandhi
self-esteem yoga believe
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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
self promise want
Now that we were alone,i was self-conscious and cranky again.Why had i wanted to stay?if i had been programmed to want to be with dylan,heads were gonna roll,i promise you that. James Patterson
self psychology development
The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology. James Mark Baldwin
selfish jealous etc
All of the things that the bible warns you of being: jealous, covetous, murderous, selfish, etc., that's kind of how humans are. Henry Rollins
self numbness able
Your superhuman power was to be able not to feel. Is it there inside everybody, this self that comes out while you are in captivity? You become the closest approximation of yourself that can tolerate living there. Heather O'Neill
self abuse world
The world is full of double beds And most delightful maidenheads, Which being so, there's no excuse For sodomy or self-abuse. Hilaire Belloc
self expression criticism
For the critic, criticism is a form of natural self-expression, as poetry is to the poet. So, for a critic, criticism is a true thing. Criticism isn’t written for poets, it’s written for other readers. One hopes it is true for other readers if it’s true for oneself. Helen Vendler
self-esteem hands stranger
Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers? Helena Bonham Carter
self feelings different
Have you ever had that feeling—that you’d like to go to a whole different place and become a whole different self? Haruki Murakami
self elephants empathy
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior. Graydon Carter
self blood government
Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty. John Lothrop Motley
self stupidity use
Where danger shews it self, apprehension cannot, without stupidity, be wanting; where danger is, sense of danger should be; and so much fear as should keep us awake, and excite our attention, industry, and vigour; but not to disturb the calm use of our reason, nor hinder the execution of what that dictates. John Locke
self doubt might
I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.
self feelings age
In a speech, the columnist Charles Krauthammer.... offered a new version of Socrates' famous saying, "The unexamined life is not worth living." In our age of bottomless self-love and obsession with our own feelings, Krauthammer suggested, "The too-examined life is not worth living either. John Leo
self acting overcoming
You have to overcome enormous self-consciousness, but nudity is about the strongest thing you can do in an acting performance. It's the most unsettling or the most comic or the most sexual. John Lithgow
self way stranger
Again, as egotistical as I am, as self-centered as I am, and as much as I love strangers idolizing me, I find it very crass to be self-promoter in a way. John Larroquette
self suffering world
The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one's self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able. John Lancaster Spalding
self loathing self-loathing
Nothing is loathsomer than the self-loathing of a self one loathes. John Barth
self news self-knowledge
Self knowledge is always bad news.
self arrogant impatient
I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant. John Banville
self doubt self-doubt
I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.
self soul layers
I shall strip away layer after layer of grime -- the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling -- until I come to the very thing itself and know it for what it is. My soul. My self.
self doe salary
Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone’s privacy, to destroy someone’s sense of self. Jodie Foster
selfish people faults
People are just self-centered-it's all about them. And we're telling people it's okay to be 'all about you' because you're a victim and it's not your fault. That's why society has gotten more and more belligerent and selfish. Jim Norton