Quotes about self
self-confidence levels environment
It gave a tremendous level of self-confidence, that through exploration and learning one could understand seemingly very complex things in one's environment. Steve Jobs
self wicked excuse
Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow. Stephen Schwartz
selfish people family-reunion
People are generally irrational, unreasonable and selfish. They deserve to be loved, anyway. Mother Teresa
self-esteem helping-others numbers
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.
self-esteem cat beloved
There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat. Monica Edwards
self-esteem essentials want
Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want. Molly Ringwald
self-worth giving cameras
If I have anything to give you through camera, it must be of myself. … A gnawing burns inside … to make something of myself worth giving. Minor White
self mirrors fool
When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a mirror of my Self.
self portraits photograph
All photographs are self-portraits.
self-esteem night understanding
As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself. Mira Sorvino
self psychics two
A self that is only differentiated - not integrated - may attain great individual accomplishments, but risks being mired in self-centered egotism. By the same token, a person who self is based exclusively on integration will be well connected and secure, but lack autonomous individuality. Only when a person invests equal amounts of psychic energy in these two processes and avoids both selfishness and conformity is the self likely to reflect complexity. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
self forgetfulness self-forgetfulness
the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness.
self might becoming
It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow.
self people growing
When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. They become rigid and defensive, and their self stops growing.
self sea weather
The typhoon came out of the sea first as a deep hollow roar. ... I was surrounded by the madness, the unreason, of uncontrolled, undisciplined energy. None of this made any sense. It was worse than useless - it was nature destroying its own creation - its own self. To create by the long process of growth and then to destroy by a fit of wild emotion - was this not madness, was this not unreason? Pearl S. Buck
selfish giving secret
You have endless energy only when you are working for the good of the whole - you have to stop working for your little selfish interests. That's the secret of it. In this world you are given as you give. Peace Pilgrim
self creating doe
Are you a slave to your self-centered nature or does your divine nature guide your life? Do you kow that every moment of your life you're creating through thought? You create your own inner condition; you're helping create the conditions around you.
self giving return
I felt a complete willingness, without any reservations, to give my life, to dedicate my life to service. I tell you, it's a point of no return. After that, you can never go back to completely self-centered living.
self satan deny
Anyone who tells you to deny your self is from Satan. Paula White
self worried gunshots
We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted. Philip Greenspun
self-esteem believer
You've got to be a believer in what you do. Philip Green
self-esteem down-and setback
Whenever I have faced a setback I have dusted myself down and got on with the rest of my life because I believed in myself.
selfish liars lying
Why would the apostles lie?....Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What they got out of it was misunderstanding, rejection, persecution, torture, and martyrdom. Hardly a list of perks! Peter Kreeft
self fans kind
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor. Peter Eisenman
self understanding drug
Advocates of psychiatric drugs often claim that the medications improve learning and the ability to benefit from psychotherapy, but the contrary is true. There are no drugs that improve mental function, self-understanding, or human relations. Any drug that affects mental processes does so by impairing them. Peter Breggin
self understanding patterns
It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are. Pema Chodron
self faults findings
There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?
self bird tree
Being preoccupied with our self-image is like being deaf and blind. It's like standing in the middle of a vast field of wildflowers with a black hood over our heads. It's like coming upon a tree of singing birds while wearing earplugs.
self essence bravery
Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.
selfish principles thinker
Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers Phil Collins
self worship enough
The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship. Peter Coyote
self-love
You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself. Pearl Bailey
self childhood feelings
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We’ve learned to cope in ways you never had to. Piers Anthony