Quotes about self
self soul immortality
Fling away your soul once for all, your own small self; if you will find it again. Count not even on immortality. James Anthony Froude
selfish sage fool
Where all are selfish, the sage is no better than the fool, and only rather more dangerous.
self concern knows
To know thyself--in others self-concern; Would'st thou know others? read thyself--and learn! Friedrich Schiller
self world interest
For the world is only governed by self-interest.
self-esteem average above-average
The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
self essence helping
Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition. Franklin D. Roosevelt
self individual-effort civilization
To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.
selfish war ill-will
A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments, of shortening tempers--a situation which has in it many of the elements that lead to the tragedy of general war.... Peace is threatened by those who seek selfish power.
selfish criticism grind
We know that there are chiselers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private axe to grind.
self-esteem men thinking
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
selfish men eagles
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
self forever republic
The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.
self profound understanding
Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense. George Friedman
self iraq people
The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast majority of the people of Iraq are against the occupation of Iraq by the American and British forces. George Galloway
self england band
The Who, England's most self-conscious band, have released 'Quadrophenia,' which in turn freezes in time our image of the mid-Sixties Mod sensibility. Jon Landau
self practice world
Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world. Jon Kabat-Zinn
self joy body
Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is. Joko Beck
self belief massive
I had a massive amount of self-belief when I did stand-up. Johnny Vegas
self order years
Body concentrates order. It continuously self-repairs. Every five days you get a new stomach lining. You get a new liver every two months. Your skin replaces itself every six weeks. Every year, 98 percent of the atoms of your body are replaced. This non-stop chemical replacement, metabolism, is a sure sign of life. Lynn Margulis
self-confidence firsts first-time
I had a terrible marriage the first time around because I had no self-confidence, even though I had tremendous self-confidence. Lynn Johnston
self bass arguing
Figured Bass (Harmony) and Religion are self-contained things, one should not argue these. Ludwig van Beethoven
self improvement creation
One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.
self feelings brain
The feeling of an unbridgeable gulf between consciousness and brain-process:When does this feeling occur in the present case?It is when I (for example) turn my attention in a particular way on to my own consciousness, and, astonished, say to myself: THIS is supposed to be produced by a process in the brain!--as it were clutching my forehead. Ludwig Wittgenstein
self-esteem belief mistrust
One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own belief.
self world limits
The subject does not belong to the world; rather, it is a limit of the world.
self justice vices
Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice? Luc de Clapiers
selfish trust-no-one literature
We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. Lord Byron
self envy doubt
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
self likes vote
Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance. Lord Acton
self political denial
Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.
self woe consumers
I am the self-consumer of my woes, John Clare
self ego inappropriate
You can't make Christ funny. He's self-aware, he's too flexible within the situation. It's rigidity, it's when the ego takes over and the behavior becomes inappropriate that it becomes funny. John Cleese
self-esteem years three
The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring. John Bradshaw