Quotes about self
self-esteem joy self-love
You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing. Ram Dass
self-esteem esteem shortcomings
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.
self track people
My fear is that many institutions will eventually alter how they treat people who refuse to self-track. There are all sorts of political and moral implications here, and I'm not sure that we have grappled with any of them. Evgeny Morozov
self fool interfere
What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness! Kurt Vonnegut
selfish stories remember
A story has to be a good date, because the reader can stop at any time. Remember, readers are selfish and have no compulsion to be decent about anything.
self ideas use
Gandhi’s idea of swadeshi—that local societies should put their own resources and capacities to use to meet their needs as a basic element of freedom—is becoming increasingly relevant. We cannot afford to forget that we need self-rule, especially in this world of globalization. Vandana Shiva
self example denied
If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide, By self-example mayst thou be denied. William Shakespeare
selfish men deeds
Every man has his own reason for every deed. Usually it is selfish. David Gemmell
self government people
People in government are self-interested just like people in business. David Boaz
selfish mean writing
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way. David Bowie
self conversation self-talk
Be mindful of your self-talk. It's a conversation with the universe. David James
self skulls consistency
The three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building. David Eagleman
self secret kind
If you're going to maintain any kind of self-respect, you're going to have to keep secrets from yourself. David Eddings
self people bless
Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people. David A. Bednar
self world shapes
We shape our self to fit this world and by the world are shaped again David Whyte
self joy doorways
To feel a full and untrammeled joy is to have become fully generous; to allow our selves to be joyful is to have walked through the doorway of fear, the dropping away of the anxious worried self...the vulnerability of happiness felt suddenly as a strength, a solace and a source, the claiming of our place in the living conversation...
selfishness sin bases
The basis of all sin is selfishness. David O. McKay
selfish advertising interest
Advertising is the place where the selfish interests of the manufacturer coincide with the interests of society. David Ogilvy
self-confidence years skills
Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession. David Mamet
self-esteem silly math
I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible. Danica McKellar
selfish sacrifice love-is
If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love. Dada Vaswani
self anchors greed
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build many I's. But in one of them is there a congruence of the elector and the elected. Only one--which you will never find until you have excluded all those superficial and fleeting possibilities of being and doing with which you toy, out of curiosity or wonder or greed, and which hinder you from casting anchor in the experience of the mystery of life, and the consciousness of the talent entrusted to you which is your *I*. Dag Hammarskjold
self poison defense
Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.
self perfection unselfishness
To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.
self roles use
The role of humankind is to use the cultural and social environment it has created to devise new global values.... Human relations with nature are intimately bound up in interpersonal relations and with the relation of the self and its inner life. Daisaku Ikeda
self-esteem people life-is
You know, life is not one in which you just get to choose the things every day that come easily to you. And it's also true - and this is the self-esteem problem - you learn that there are people who are better at things than you are. Condoleezza Rice
self-esteem achievement black
Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
self track add
Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control... Cole Porter
self wish youth
Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy. Claude M. Bristol
self saying-no care
Saying no can be the ultimate self-care. Claudia Black
self clothes publicity
Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity. Cleo Moore
self done lasts
I do not see them here; but after death God knows I know the faces I shall see, Each one a murdered self, with low last breath. 'I am thyself,what hast thou done to me?' 'And Iand Ithyself,' (lo! each one saith,) 'And thou thyself to all eternity! Dante Gabriel Rossetti
selfish people looks
If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical. Danny Trejo