Quotes about self
selfish book titles
Science is a victim of its own reductive metaphors: 'Big Bang,' 'selfish gene' and so on. Richard Dawkins' selfish gene fitted with the Thatcherite politics of the time. It should actually be the 'altruistic gene,' but he'd never have sold as many books with a title like that. Charles Jencks
self long miracle
Ay, marriage is the life-long miracle, The self-begetting wonder, daily fresh. Charles Kingsley
selfish selfishness actors
You have to be selfish to be an actor. Charles Dance
self infinite capacity
We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization. Charles Colson
self religion chance
The impossibility of conceiving that this grand and wondrous universe, with our conscious selves, arose through chance, seems to me the chief argument for the existence of God. Charles Darwin
self development truest
The truest success is but the development of self. Charles Atlas
self mind belief
Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it. Alanis Morissette
self surfing athletic
I've been doing a lot of different cross-training and kickboxing and Capoeira and kite surfing, and I've just really been back to what I consider my original athletic self.
self people hatred
Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.
self soul looks
When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and self-denial have not realized true happiness, and the soul returns to the dictates of nature, the reaction is fearfully extravagant. Blaise Pascal
self hateful
Le moi est ha|«s sable. The self is hateful.
self world failing
All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self.
self
Each one is all in all to himself; for being dead, all is dead to him.
self problem awareness
Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness. Bill Hybels
self awareness self-awareness
Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
self-esteem personality fame
Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous. Chris Evert
selfish tunnels tennis
To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.
self work-out feel-good
I'm a big fan of working out on my own. I put my headphones on and I'm pretty good at self-motivating. At the end of the day, I enjoy it. Once I'm there and once I get going, I tend to love it, and I feel good. Chris Evans
self-confidence thinking armor
Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence . Charles Spurgeon
self christ ends
When we come to the end of self we come to the beginning of Christ.
self comfort sin
To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.
self-respect faults saint
I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none. Charles Peguy
self-esteem taken thinking
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as having strength under control, being calm and peaceful when surrounded by a heated atmosphere, emitting a soothing effect on those who may be angry or otherwise beside themselves, and possessing tact and gracious courtesy that causes others to retain their self-esteem and dignity. Instead of losing, the gentle gain. Instead of being ripped off and taken advantage of, they come out ahead! Charles R. Swindoll
selfish psychology police
...this bill will require the creation of a Federal police force of mammoth proportions. It also bids fair to result in the development of an 'informer' psychology in great areas of our national life-neighbors spying on neighbors, workers spying on workers, business spying on businessmen-were those who would harass their fellow citizens for selfish and narrow purposes will have ample inducement to do so. These, the Federal police force an 'informer' psychology, are the hallmarks of the police state and landmarks in the destruction of a free society. Barry Goldwater
self-confidence men track
I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
self talent republican
The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
self connected universe
The self in a toroidal Universe can be both separate and connected with everything else. Arthur Young
self deceit deceiving
We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves. Arthur Schopenhauer
self firsts three
There are three stages in the revelation of truth. The first is to be ridiculed, the second is to be resisted and the third is to be considered self-evident.
self world firsts
When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.
selfish men use
The charlatan takes very different shapes according to circumstances; but at bottom he is a man who cares nothing about knowledge for its own sake, and only strives to gain the semblance of it that he may use it for his own personal ends, which are always selfish and material.
selfish-people psychology selfishness
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
self doubt trials
As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial. Antonio Munoz Molina