Quotes about self
self names childhood
Psychotherapy is what God has been secretly doing for centuries by other names; that is, he searches through our personal history and heals what needs to be healed - the wounds of childhood or our own self-inflicted wounds. Thomas Keating
self absurdity dies
Absurdities die of self-strangulation. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
self discipline denial
It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial.
self authority backbone
Self-possession is the backbone of authority.
self position-of-power way
Why are young adults so self-centered and always seeking instant gratification? Because older adults, often in positions of power, paint them that way. Raymond Arroyo
self may neurology
What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
selfish character thinking
I played Lucifer once, which is sort of a difficult character to research. I thought to myself, "We all have the potential to be selfish, to be cruel - at least to think evil thoughts, even if we don't ever act out on them. Even if we don't ever think we behave badly, we probably do more than we realize." Viggo Mortensen
self way ifs
If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive.
self impossible priceless
What is so priceless about being the selves we were created to grow into is that it's impossible to do it wrong. Victoria Moran
self-esteem people world
It's probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are.
self enemy doubt
Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.
self-esteem awe-and-wonder conflict
Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.
self guy former
I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy? Victor Cruz
self saint care
A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement-in a word, with more renunciation than you care for-and so you flee the contagion. Victor Hugo
self denial egotism
The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.
selfish
I don't see anything wrong with telling someone that you are selfish with their love and that you can't stand sharing them with anyone else. Vic Fuentes
self goal upset
There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind, which is never upset by anything. Your goal is to nourish it into greater strength. Then, every step is sunlit. Vernon Howard
self unseen behavior
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.
self awakening chaos
Self awakening enables you to see the human scene as it is, not as it appears to be, which frees you of its chaos.
self self-knowledge great-power
Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives
self giving brave
All we have to do is to receive what we are given...We are given the naturalness to love someone, to be calm in crisis, to ignore self-defeating suggestions, to be pleasant, forgiving, tender, helpful, unworried, brave, energetic.
self secret trying
Don't try to be unafraid. That is impossible. Rather, go ahead while being afraid. That is the entire secret for abolishing fear. The Supermind teaches us to have no self-concern at all. Whatever happens to you, act as though it happened to someone else.
self sea psychics
Suppose you stand on a high place to enjoy the beauty of the sparkling sea below. You need do nothing to create that beauty; you need only BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE IT IS, and let nature do the rest. So it is with the inner life. There is nothing we can DO to gain psychic beauty. It already exists without our effort. We need only be where we belong, that is, in self-union. Then, beauty IS.
self guilt weapons
Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self. Veronica Roth
selfish brave victory
And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?
selfish brave i-am-selfish
I am selfish. I am brave.
selflessness natural goodness
What irritates me most about him is his natural goodness, his inborn selflessness.
self anorexia eating-disorder
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid? Richard Bach
self self-education stills
I still say the only education worth anything is self-education. Robert Frost
self-confidence views losing
The truly educated can listen to any view without losing their temper or self-confidence.
self parent underestimate
Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption. Rita Mae Brown
self lines establishment
Self-Checkout Line – The place where customers of an establishment become unpaid employees of the establishment. Richard Turner
self way action
…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious and be unable to concentrate on improving themselves. Richard Matheson