Quotes about self
self daily-life concern
Can I live a life, daily life, without sense of self-concern? Jiddu Krishnamurti
self mind naked
To understand the present with its full, rich significance, the mind must free itself from the habit of self-protecting acquisition; when it is utterly naked, then there is immortality.
self-esteem insane world
When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
self mirrors wish
Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
self trying may
... my today's self perpetually slips out of any hold of it that I may try to take. Gilbert Ryle
self-esteem should-have people
Self-esteem should have nothing to do with what you look like – if you exude genuine confidence, people will be swept into it. You have to be able to hold yourself. Gillian Anderson
selfishness courtesy veneer
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. Honore de Balzac
self-esteem self-worth levels
We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. Iyanla Vanzant
self-love done matter
Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.
self-improvement improvement duty
What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others. Immanuel Kant
self praise interest
We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
self observation one-time
Nothing is so capable of diminishing self-love as the observation that we disapprove at one time what we approve at another.
self joy erotic
Self-consciousness is the destroyer of erotic joy. Ian Mcewan
self degrees individualism
When I compare myself, my being-myself, with anything else whatever, all things alike, all in the same degree, rebuff me with blank unlikeness. Gerard Manley Hopkins
self essence culture
The essence of self-fulfillment and autonomous culture is an unshakable egotism. H. L. Mencken
self-worth shields slave
But when you become a slave to a public persona and don’t feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield and it shouldn’t come at the expense of your self-worth. Gugu Mbatha-Raw
selfish judging quality
Since all motives at bottom are selfish and ignoble, we may judge acts and qualities only be their effects. H. P. Lovecraft
self punishment defense
The revolution must end and the republic must begin. In our constitution, right must take the place of duty, welfare that of virtue, and self-defense that of punishment. Everyone must be able to prevail and to live according to one's own nature. Georg Buchner
selfish society truth
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now. Phil McGraw
self-worth ivy people
People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little.- Ivy Crompton A.J. Burnett
self numbness despair
Writers matter in a society to the extent that we can help that society hear its unvoiced longing, encounter its erased and disregarded selves, break with complacency, numbness, despair. Adrienne Rich
self taught classical-music
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background. Adam Jones
self healthy feelings
My feeling is that the concept of creativeness and the concept of the healthy, self actualizing, fully human person seem to be coming closer and closer together, and may perhaps turn out to be the same thing Abraham Maslow
self-understanding has-beens
How could I have been anyone other than me? Dave Matthews
self yesterday eight
I need eight hours to get maybe 20 minutes of work done. I had one of those yesterday: seven hours of self-loathing. Dave Eggers
self four rock-n-roll
We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all the time. David Lee Roth
self secret kind
If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself. David Eddings
self people bless
Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people. David A. Bednar
self world shapes
We shape our self to fit this world and by the world are shaped again David Whyte
self joy doorways
To feel a full and untrammeled joy is to have become fully generous; to allow our selves to be joyful is to have walked through the doorway of fear, the dropping away of the anxious worried self...the vulnerability of happiness felt suddenly as a strength, a solace and a source, the claiming of our place in the living conversation...
selfish advertising interest
Advertising is the place where the selfish interests of the manufacturer coincide with the interests of society. David Ogilvy
self-confidence years skills
Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession. David Mamet
self-esteem silly math
I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible. Danica McKellar