Quotes about self
self optimism secret
Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success. Sri Chinmoy
self soul doubt
At last He is healed of his self-doubt. Now what is happening ? He is awakening To his souls ecstasy-sun.
self giving joy
The joy of a self-giving life Can neither be measured Nor be expounded.
self mind intellectual
God can be seen Even by the poorest fool, But not by the self-styled, God-arguing Intellectual giants.
self rivers joy
True inner joy is self-created It does not rely on any outer circumstances A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy. This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.
self soul lovers
There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.
self envy finding-happiness
Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
self civilization people
Most people are shaped to the form of their culture because of the enormous malleability of their original endowment. They are plastic to the moulding force of the society into which they are born. It does not matter whether, with the Northwest Coast, it requires delusions of self-reference, or with our own civilization the amassing of possessions. In any case the great mass of individuals take quite readily the form that is presented to them. Ruth Benedict
self expression class
The self is the class (not the collection) of the experiences (or autopsychological states). The self does not belong to the expression of the basic experience, but is constructed only on a very high level. Rudolf Carnap
self-esteem forget forget-you
You do more for yourself when you forget yourself. Ron Kaufman
self service-culture profound
Selfless acts are a source of profound meaning for your self and your life.
self calling may
If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.' Roger Rosenblatt
self might pay
The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.
self monsters persons
Anytime you make a person into something other than himself, you make a monster.
self comforting deception
Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves.
selfish mean compassion
We, the United States, have to be guilty. We have to be guilty. We have to be underperforming. We have to be not showing compassion or dignity or whatever code word is used to transmit the notion that we're mean-spirited, that we're selfish, and that we're probably bigoted and racist and don't want people here like that. Rush Limbaugh
self people inspire
Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast majority of people are not self-starters.
self self-pity pity
All pity is self-pity. W. H. Auden
self feelings doubt
The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.
selfish stupid voice
Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish loves: The decorative manias we obey Die in grimaces round us every day, Yet through their tohu-bohu comes a voice Which utters an absurd command - Rejoice.
self enough existence
A god who is both self-sufficient and content to remain so could not interest us enough to raise the question of his existence.
selfish ambition men
Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be. William Clark
self prejudice politics
I set out as a sort of self-dependent politician. My opinions were my own. I dashed at all prejudices. I scorned to follow anybodyin matter of opinion.... All were, therefore, offended at my presumption, as they deemed it. William Cobbett
self tree shade
We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree. William Cowper
selfish believe order
We must honor our worthiness in order to receive what we want. In our society we are conditioned to believe that we are not worthy, and that it is even selfish to want to be able to attract things into our lives. Wayne Dyer
self people long
Excuses are the explanations we use for hanging on to behaviors we don't like about ourselves; they are self-defeating behaviors we don't know how to change. InExcuses Begone! I review 18 of the most common excuses people use, such as "I'm too busy, too old, too fat, too scared or it's going to take too long or be too difficult."
self-esteem eye planets
In God's eyes, no one on this planet is any better than you.
self self-forgiveness
All forgiveness is self forgiveness.
self-esteem self-confidence unique
You have a one of a kind gift to offer this world, and you are unique in the entire history of creation.
self-esteem self-confidence hair
Be aware of your infinite connection to your source. Know that you're more than an encapsulated collection of bones, blood and organs in a skin and hair covered body.
self-esteem needs enough
Accept that you are enough. You don't need to be anything that you are not.
self-worth self
Self worth cannot be verfied by others
self want highest
There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace.