Quotes about self
self-esteem new-beginnings men
The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings Ralph Waldo Emerson
self-confidence men lord
Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.
self-reliance corn toil
though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.
selfish anatomy-and-physiology astrology
Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.
self-reliance sun adults
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun.
self-reliance theory aim
All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature.
self-esteem wish esteem
I wish I had more confidence. Sean William Scott
self crafts way
Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's life and craft. Sean Penn
self investigation
Perhaps all science is merely self-investigation. Lily King
self development wealth
The market is the creator of social wealth and the wellspring of self-sustaining economic development. Li Keqiang
selfish soul religion
Anyone who does anything for pleasure to indulge his selfish soul will surely burn in Hell. Lenny Bruce
selfish personality joy
I get a lot of joy from playing instruments, and I have a different personality on each instrument. I like to let that come out. I get kind of selfish. Lenny Kravitz
self-esteem kids home
The table is the number one place we pass on family stories and it's the knowledge of where your family came from that helps build self-esteem and resiliency in kids. When we stop having dinners, we stop passing on those stories. And, of course, when you make food at home you actually know what's in the food you are eating. It is the healthiest, greenest thing you can do! Laurie David
self-harm kids hard-work
I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to self-harm. Laurie Halse Anderson
self talking voice
Lawyers on TV always tell their clients not to say anything. The cops say that thing: 'Anything you say will be used against you.' Self-incrimination. I looked it up. Three-point vocab word. So why does everyone makes such a big hairy deal about me not talking? Maybe I don't want to incriminate myself. Maybe I don't like the sound of my voice. Maybe I don't have anything to say.
self trying teeth
I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.
self-esteem mirrors laughing
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.
self-esteem inspiration pounds
I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.
self littles becoming
We learn by watching. That's what concerns me a little about the society we're in now because so much of what we're watching is entitled, self-centered, brats with no talent becoming very, very famous for literally no reason. Laura Benanti
selfish selfish-person persons
I am a very selfish person. Lara Flynn Boyle
self denial aberration
The only aberration is denial of self. L. Ron Hubbard
self-confidence decision belief
Self-confidence is nothing more than belief in one’s ability to decide and in one’s decisions.
self makers ends
The end of every maker is himself. Thomas Aquinas
self giving sandwiches
I often steal sandwiches, eat them, and put the container's back., with a signed autograph of my self in its place. It's my way of giving back to society. Thom Yorke
self done interest
Nothing's done well when it's done out of self-interest. Therese of Lisieux
self-esteem school support
What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship. Terry Tempest Williams
self desert sacred
If the desert is holy, it is because it is a forgotten place that allows us to remember the sacred. Perhaps that is why every pilgrimage to the desert is a pilgrimage to the self. There is no place to hide and so we are found.
self holy grapes
All holy piety in public, and all peeled grapes and self-indulgence in private. Terry Pratchett
self invisible pleasure
I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person. Terry Gross
self ego would-be
In conscious life, we achieve some sense of ourselves as reasonably unified, coherent selves, and without this action would be impossible. But all this is merely at the 'imaginary' level of the ego, which is no more than the tip of the iceberg of the human subject known to psychoanalysis . The ego is function or effect of a subject which is always dispersed, never identical with itself, strung out along the chains of the discourses which constitute it. Terry Eagleton
self superstitions improvement
An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a faith in our capacity for limitless self-improvement just as much a wide-eyed superstition as a faith in leprechauns.
self wizards truth-is
Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self. Terry Goodkind
selfish moon dreamer
Go, then! Go to the moon-you selfish dreamer! Tennessee Williams