Quotes about self
self self-knowledge great-power
Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives Vernon Howard
self giving brave
All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
self secret trying
Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind teaches us to have no self-concern at all. Whatever happens to you, act as though it happened to someone else.
self sea psychics
Suppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT IS, and let nature do the rest. So it is with the inner life. There is nothing we can DO to gain psychic beauty. It already exists without our effort. We need only be where we belong, that is, in self-union. Then, beauty IS.
self guilt weapons
Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self. Veronica Roth
selfish brave victory
And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?
selfish brave i-am-selfish
I am selfish. I am brave.
selflessness natural goodness
What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness.
self anorexia eating-disorder
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid? Richard Bach
self self-education stills
I still say the only education worth anything is self-education. Robert Frost
self-confidence views losing
The truly educated can listen to any view without losing their temper or self-confidence.
self knows know-how
Poetry connects you to yourself, to the self that doesn't know how to talk or negotiate. Rita Dove
self parent underestimate
Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption. Rita Mae Brown
self lines establishment
Self-Checkout Line – The place where customers of an establishment become unpaid employees of the establishment. Richard Turner
self way action
…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves. Richard Matheson
self harsh condemnation
What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?
selfish thinking issues
Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of any public issue. They think that no harm will come from their neglect. They act as if it is always the business of somebody else to look after this or that. When this selfish notion is entertained by all, the commonwealth slowly begins to decay. Thucydides
self-esteem self-respect self-control
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
self quiet silent
Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences. Thornton Wilder
self people drunk
[Dona Maria] saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments, hearing little of what was said to them, unmoved by the accidents that befell their closest friends, in dread of all appeals that might interrupt their long communion with their own desires.
self hatred needs
There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.
self-esteem men titles
Titles are like a magicians wand which circumscribe human facility and prevent us from living the lives of man. Thomas Paine
self-esteem fighting enemy
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
selfish boys men
Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men. Thomas Hughes
self-confidence mind acting
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. Thomas Huxley
self lord
Lord deliver me from myself. Thomas Browne
self-esteem wonder esteem
All the wonders you seek are within yourself.
self-improvement care dislike
What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself. Thomas Sprat
self best-self priesthood
This is not a time for fear, brethren, but rather a time for faith—a time for each of us who holds the priesthood to be his best self. Thomas S. Monson
selfish opportunity miracle
Miracles are everywhere to be found when priesthood callings are magnified. When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. The priesthood is not really so much a gift as it is a commission to serve, a privilege to lift, and an opportunity to bless the lives of others.
self discipline want
Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.
selfish doubt purpose
When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.
self discipline battle
The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person.