Quotes about self
self harsh condemnation
What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible? Richard Matheson
selfish thinking issues
Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of any public issue. They think that no harm will come from their neglect. They act as if it is always the business of somebody else to look after this or that. When this selfish notion is entertained by all, the commonwealth slowly begins to decay. Thucydides
self-esteem self-respect self-control
Self-control is the chief element in self-respect and self-respect is the chief element in courage.
self quiet silent
Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences. Thornton Wilder
self people drunk
[Dona Maria] saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments, hearing little of what was said to them, unmoved by the accidents that befell their closest friends, in dread of all appeals that might interrupt their long communion with their own desires.
self hatred needs
There is no need for me to curse you -the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.
self-esteem men titles
Titles are like a magicians wand which circumscribe human facility and prevent us from living the lives of man. Thomas Paine
self-esteem fighting enemy
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
selfish boys men
Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men. Thomas Hughes
self-confidence mind acting
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation. Thomas Huxley
self lord
Lord deliver me from myself. Thomas Browne
self-esteem wonder esteem
All the wonders you seek are within yourself.
self people world
I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. Rupert Friend
self-esteem careers long
It's always at the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don't know if I'm good enough to have a long career. I've got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense. Rupert Grint
selfish light darkness
Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light. Rumi
self idols easy
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.
self devil looks
If thou has not seen the devil, look at thine own self.
self over-you conformity
You have mourned over others; now sit down for a while and weep over your own self.
self grace mastery
Let's ask God to help us to self-control for one who lacks it, lacks his grace.
selfish leader gains
The selfish leader will attempt to lead others for their own gain and for the detriment of others. Tom Peters
self-esteem lying grace
Self-esteem is for sissies. Accept that you're a pimple and try to keep a lively sense of humor about it. That way lies grace - and maybe even glory. Tom Robbins
self unhappy-person unhappiness
Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.
self laughing people
Comedy is deemed inferior to tragedy primarily because of the social prevalence of narcissistic pathology. In other words people who are too self important to laugh at their own frequently ridiculous behavior have vested interest in gravity because it supports their illusions of grandosity.
self seductive political
Political activism is seductive because it seems to offer the possibility that one can improve society, make things better, without going through the personal ordeal of rearranging one's perceptions and transforming one's self.
self roots people
All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.
self greed ego
Throughout most of our history, nothing - not flood, famine, plague, or new weapons - has endangered humanity one-tenth as much as the narcissistic ego, with its self-aggrandizing presumptions and its hell-hound spawn of fear and greed.
self survival groups
It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing. Tom G. Palmer
self faces life-is
The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face. Toni Cade Bambara
self justice revolution
Revolution begins with the self, in the self.
self negativity belief
You have to create your self-belief by going to your core to find the probable reasons for the negativity in you, and then demolish them. Steve Backley
self roots good-relationship
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others. Stephen Covey
self feelings action
Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"
self people empowering
In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances to shape our lives by default.