Quotes about self
self house trying
The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control. Tim Ferriss
self creating discipline
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.
self-esteem self-confidence insecure
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
self-esteem self-confidence insecure
If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too.
self attention gains
I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.
self decision examination
If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment - now and not later.
self desire important
Why is erasing desire seen as so important? If the subjugation of the self is the point of the self what's the point in having a self? It's like someone handing you a leaflet which says throw this leaflet away. Tibor Fischer
self deception strange
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects. Sam Harris
self-worth self culture
Self-worth and financial worth become indistinguishable. Russell Peters
self-esteem two lord
The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self. Russell M. Nelson
self-esteem feelings example
Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.
selfish strikers
Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.
self use libertarian
Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense. Ron Paul
self trying together
I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value! Sam Palladio
self-esteem animal men
The root of humanly caused evil is not man's animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst. Sam Keen
self discipline trying
I dont have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar. Sally Phillips
self talking listening
Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening. Ruth Rendell
self roots soul
When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousands chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul. Rumi
self lust desire
There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.
self remember forgotten
Remember God so much that you are forgotten.
self greed desire
Whatever posessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it hangs on to them, refusing to let them go out of greed for more, or out of fear of poverty and need.
selfish responsibility today
The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually, to help each other on the basis of each other's equal worth. A selfish society is a contradiction in terms. Tony Blair
self want path
I don't want to point out her flaws, but if I see her going on a self-destructive path, isn't it up to me as her friend to stop her? Simone Elkeles
selfish world want
I feel so selfish, because I want the best of both worlds. I want to keep the image I've worked so hard to create.
self stories consciousness
Self-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself. Simone de Beauvoir
self-esteem bad-day body-weight
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
self two would-be
Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms. For each of them, love would be the revelation of the self through the gift of the self and the enrichment of the universe.
selfish work loneliness
I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to be unselfish… You see, it is difficult to get all which I want. And then when I do not succeed I get mad with anger.
self iron hatred
Affliction hardens and discourages us because, like a red hot iron, it stamps the soul to its very depths with the scorn, the disgust, and even the self-hatred and sense of guilt that crime logically should produce but actually does not. Simone Weil
self-confidence people doubt
How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?
selfish easy
Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage. Simon Sinek
selfish opposites firsts
Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.
self leader care
The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.