Quotes about self
selfish years supportive
We just played unselfishly. At times this year, we've played selfish, but today we passed the ball. ... We were just very supportive of each other. Rajon Rondo
self worthy happenings
What is happening on your innermost self is worthy of your entire love. Rainer Maria Rilke
self want
I want to unfold. Let no place in me hold itself closed, for where I am closed, I am false...
selfish helping-others artist
I want to show the world that you do have some artists that are ready to go to the next level, and instead of being selfish with their career they'll open up the door to other people. I'm in a position to open up the door to help other people do what I do. Raekwon
self blood soldier
Resolutions aren't self-executing. Somebody has to provide the soldiers, take the risks, risk their blood and their treasure to go out and implement such a resolution. Shashi Tharoor
self how-to-love neighbor
When we truly discover how to love our neighbor as our self, Capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary. Shane Claiborne
self intimate crisis
The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also. Seamus Heaney
self joy world
Poetry cannot afford to lose its fundamentally self-delighting inventiveness, its joy in being a process of language as well as a representation of things in the world.
self location ifs
If self is a location, so is love.
self want
I don't want to be my extravert self all the time. Mick Jagger
selfish people want
People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable.
self needs sometimes
That's the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don't need them anymore. Michael Patrick King
self shapes size
Without its daydreams, the self is apt to shrink down to the size and shape of the estimation of others Michael Pollan
self understanding taught
I've always been interested in plants because I'm a gardener, so I have a basic understanding of botany and things like that, but it's all self-taught.
selfish practice people
For is there any practice less selfish, any labor less alienated, any time less wasted, than preparing something delicious and nourishing for people you love?
selfish insecure way
Marriage is no way of life for the weak, the selfish, or the insecure. Sidney Poitier
self flames trying
I've learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me. There is a certain anger: it reaches such intensity that to express it fully would require homicidal rage--self destructive, destroy the world rage--and its flame burns because the world is so unjust. I have to try to find a way to channel that anger to the positive, and the highest positive is forgiveness.
self two people
If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle. Sholom Aleichem
selfish writing thinking
I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating. Sherman Alexie
selfish native-american needs
I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal needs and wants.
self students form
Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance John Henrik Clarke
self-esteem giving needs
When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else. John Henry Newman
self-esteem believe thinking
I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people. John Galsworthy
self our-world trying
We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security. John Eldredge
self gods-plan salvation
Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation. John Ortberg
self boredom joy
Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from pouring myself out for the joy of others also keeps me from noticing and delighting in the myriad small gifts God offers each day. This is why Walker Percy describes boredom as "the self stuffed with the self."
self challenges inspire
Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters; call me to be my best self; appeal to whatever in me is most noble and honorable. Don't let me go down the path of least resistance. Challenge me to make my life about something more than the acquisition of money or success
self-esteem believe heart
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.
self light infinite
The infinite is a light sleeper. The moment the self awakens, the force of the infinite begins to stir. John O'Donohue
self ego identity
The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.
self-esteem enjoy self
Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy. John Mulaney
self realization life-is
Life is a partial, continuous, progressive, multiform and conditionally interactive self-realization of the potentialities of atomic electron states. John Desmond Bernal
self choices certain
Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized. John Dewey