Quotes about self
selfish years guy
Try not to be four years into a relationship when it suddenly dawns on you that the guy you're with is a big, selfish jerk. Greg Behrendt
self government culture
Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. Gilbert K. Chesterton
selfish confused cities
The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city, because it is a jungle, because it is confused and anarchic, and surging with selfish and materialistic energies.
self-esteem humble sunset
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. John Madden
self expression design
I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. John Malkovich
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-esteem philosophical men
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
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 substance way
I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend. Helen Fielding
self way smooth
The policy of adapting one's self to circumstances makes all ways smooth. Johann Kaspar Lavater
self want woe
Whatever is the lot of humankind I want to taste within my deepest self. I want to seize the highest and the lowest, to load its woe and bliss upon my breast, and thus expand my single self titanically and in the end go down with all the rest. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
self action contemplation
Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.
self giving accountability
The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.
self-esteem self-respect levels
A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
self literature spoken-word
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
self firsts favourite
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
self-esteem yoga believe
Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.
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-esteem being-single people
You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. Of all the people you will know in the lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose. Jo Coudert
self-esteem believe views
It is rewarding to find someone you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things.
selfish fighting thinking
I think I was righteous. I saw myself as the good guy in my own movie. I didn't get into many fights when I was younger, but when I did, they were righteous. I always thought I was defending something good. I fought for friends who couldn't fight for themselves. I was still being selfish and arrogant, but I was focused on what was fair and unfair. Jo Nesbo
selfish heart thinking
I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.
self-esteem thinking fluid
I think self-esteem is fluid. It's not a fixed state, and so some days are better than others. Jo Brand
self desire noble
I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment. Jimmy Carter
self racism gay-marriage
Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
self knowing contentment
Confidence equals contentment with self; contentment is knowing you have all you need for the present circumstances. John C. Maxwell
self people perspective
One way to overcome our natural self-centeredness is to try to see things from other people's perspectives.
self joy simplicity
Simplicity brings back the joys of Paradise. Not that we have pure pleasure without a moment's suffering, but when we are surrendered to God, we are not grasping for pleasure, and even our troubles are received with thanksgiving. This inner harmony, and this deliverance from fear and the tormenting desires of self, create a satisfaction in the soul which is above all the intoxicating joys of this world put together. Francois Fenelon