Quotes about self
selfish past space
Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. But our genetic code still carries the selfish and aggressive instincts that were of survival advantage in the past. It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand or million. Our only chance of long term survival, is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space. Stephen Hawking
self would-be boundaries
One could say: "The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary." The universe would be completely self-contained and not affected by anything outside itself. It would neither be created nor destroyed. It would just BE. Stephen Hawking
selfishness desert fool
Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life. Stendhal
selfish passion true-passion
Our true passions are selfish. Stendhal
self talking ideas
The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about. Stanley Crouch
self doubt easy
I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy. Sigourney Weaver
self psychological constructs
public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self. Sigmund Freud
self years fifty
Cigars served me for precisely fifty years as protection and a weapon in the combat of life... I owe to the cigar a great intensification of my capacity to work and a facilitation of my self-control. Sigmund Freud
self ideas people
Religion is the process of unconscious wish fulfillment, where, for certain people, if the process did not take place it would put them in self-danger of coming to mental harm, being unable to cope with the idea of a godless, purposeless life. Sigmund Freud
self longing form
Love in the form of longing and deprivation lowers the self regard. Sigmund Freud
self-worth house ego
The ego is not master in its own house. Sigmund Freud
self-confidence knowing goal
Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.
self-esteem color people
With color, for the price of a pot of paint, people can express their own style and individuality. But, as with style, a gift for color has to be developed by experiment. If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness.
selfish men interesting
He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting. Shirley Jackson
self loathing truth-is
The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression. Shirley Manson
self-knowledge know-me if-i-could
If I could know me, I could know the universe. Shirley MacLaine
self who-i-am used
I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be. Shirley MacLaine
self america way
In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern. Shirley MacLaine
self secret life-happiness
Being your authentic self is the ultimate secret to happiness in life! Sheri Fink
self-esteem thinking giving
I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem. Shelley Long
self-confidence makeup self
There's no better makeup than self-confidence. Shakira
self careers goal
The disowned parts of ourselves are what get in the way of us having the relationships we long for, the careers we don't know how to create, and the goals we want to achieve. It is by getting in touch with ALL the parts of ourselves - by having a gentle dialogue with all the "selves" we have inside - that we integrate them into a more comfortable, peaceful way of being with ourselves. Shakti Gawain
self-love desire love-myself
As I learn to love myself, I recieve the love I desire from others. Shakti Gawain
self dust storm
I headed towards the mountain, which was an almost irresistible beacon to my storm self. It glowed with heat, pressure, and turbulence—everything a little dust devil like me could want. Rick Riordan
selfish believe tears
Chaos is impatient. It's random. And above all it's selfish. It tears down everything just for the sake of change, feeding on itself in constant hunger. But Chaos can also be appealing. It tempts you to believe that nothing matters except what you want. Rick Riordan
self echoes ironic
Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a sort of cackling aftermath. Renata Adler
self hatred manhattan
Manhattan has generated a shameless architecture that has been loved in direct proportion to its defiant lack of self-hatred, hasbeen respected exactly to the degree that it went too far. Rem Koolhaas
self-improvement improvement screws
Screw it, let's do it - Just get on with it and do it Richard Branson
self-improvement improvement being-the-best
Be the best at what you do Richard Branson
self-improvement talent improvement
Talent comes from experience and failure Richard Branson
selfish men he-man
The happiest is the man who is not at all selfish. Swami Vivekananda
self ego doe
One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler in all. He is perceivable by all as the sum total. Swami Vivekananda
selfishness coward causes
Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice. Swami Vivekananda