Quotes about self
selfish party men
Deep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, he’s a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts, says all the wrong things at all the wrong times, but behind closed doors he’s a best friend. I understand that he has idiotic tendencies and I can still love him for it. He may not be someone that you feel comfortable sitting next to at a dinner party but for me, he’s someone that I feel comfortable sharing my life with. Cecelia Ahern
self rooms demon
There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed. Carrie Fisher
self feminist perception
The education situation which most effectively promotes significant learning is one in which (1) threat to the self of the learner is reduced to a minimum and (2) differential perception of the field of experience is facilitated Carl Rogers
self individuality architect
I am increasingly an architect of self. I am free to will and choose. I can, through accepting my individuality... become more of my uniqueness, more of my potentiality.
self-esteem people majority
If I were to search for the central core of difficulty in people as I have come to know them, it is that in the great majority of cases they despise themselves, regarding themselves as worthless and unlovable.
self numbers depth
Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. Carl Sagan
self-questioning errors criticism
Indeed the reasoned criticism of a prevailing belief is a service to the proponents of that belief; if they are incapable of defending it, they are well advised to abandon it. This self-questioning and error-correcting aspect of the scientific method is its most striking property.
self two perfect
[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything. It has two rules. First: there are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are worthless. Second: whatever is inconsistent with the facts must be discarded or revised. ... The obvious is sometimes false; the unexpected is sometimes true.
self people would-be
Why is it, I wondered, that old people are always so self-centered and excitable? But I just smiled benignly and stood back, comforted by the thought that soon they would be dead. Bill Bryson
self may aging
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die. Bernard Berenson
self shapes dull
Self-similarity is a dull subject because you are used to very familiar shapes. But that is not the case. Now many shapes which are self-similar again, the same seen from close by and far away, and which are far from being straight or plane or solid. Benoit Mandelbrot
self pieces lines
The straight line has a property of self-similarity. Each piece of the straight line is the same as the whole line when used to a big or small extent.
self media interesting
A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people. Ashton Kutcher
selfish thinking play
I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish. Art Alexakis
self-confidence imagination self-love
Imagination, on the contrary, which is ever wandering beyond the bounds of truth, joined to self-love and that self-confidence we are so apt to indulge, prompt us to draw conclusions which are not immediately derived from facts. Antoine Lavoisier
self self-love world
The world is governed by love,--self-love. Antoine Rivarol
self people black
Even though sugar was very expensive, people consumed it till their teeth turned black, and if their teeth didn't turn black naturally, they blackened them artificially to show how wealthy and marvelously self-indulgent they were.
self deception satisfaction
No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid. Bertrand Russell
self-confidence thinking roots
It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory has been pushed too far. [...] The type of aggressiveness that is the outcome of timidity is not, I think, that which inspires great leaders; the great leaders, I should say, have an exceptional self-confidence which is not only on the surface, but penetrates deep into the subconscious.
self
We do need to be self-sufficient in the things that we can.
self spur
You actually spur development. It's a self-fulfilling process.
self names employment
There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work. Jean de la Bruyere
self people amiable
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.
self-love selfishness wish
We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love.
self racism persons
Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive. Jayson Blair
self style like-you
Remind your self. Nobody constructed like you, you style your self. Jay-Z
self the-end-of-the-day world
You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and power in the world, but at the end of the day those are just layers. Money and power don't change you, they just further expose your true self.
self world examination
Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did. Jay McInerney
self soul care
You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don't want to invite anyone inside.
self practice devil
I can slay a devil when I see one, Steady practice mastery of self so not to be one Jay Electronica
self two feet
From 16 to 21 when I was self sufficient and working in factories. I packed batteries, boxes, and make-up with heroin addicts. I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet. Jay Kay
self-worth hands giving
When you fix something with your hands it gives you a sense of accomplishment and a sense of self worth. Jay Leno
self play long
One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as newspapers are alive is the myth that newspapermen are breezy and raffish. What other play has for so long fed the self-image of journalists?