Quotes about self
self states reliance
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance. William F. Buckley, Jr.
selfish blow thinking
When the switch fell I could feel it upon my flesh; when it welted and ridged it was my blood that ran, and I would think with each blow of the switch: Now you are aware of me! Now I am something in your secret and selfish life, who have marked your blood with my own for ever and ever. William Faulkner
self-esteem believe people
You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe. Whoopi Goldberg
self-esteem artist issues
For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.
self faces facts
If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. Ronald Reagan
self defense self-defense
Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty.
self soldier defense
For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply not in the American tradition. Self-defense is not only our right, it is our duty.
selfish educational today
The education system today makes and educated person selfish. It makes that person a slave to the senses and as a consequence the person forgets their own divine nature. Sai Baba
self-esteem lying believe
Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained. Saint Augustine
self two soul
For I wondered that others, subject to death, did live, since he whom I loved, as if he should never die, was dead; and I wondered yet more that myself, who was to him a second self, could live, he being dead. Well said one of his friend, "Thou half of my soul"; for I felt that my soul and his soul were "one soul in two bodies": and therefore was my life a horror to me, because I would not live halved. And therefore perchance I feared to die, lest he whom I had much loved should die wholly.
self cities two
Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self; the heavenly by the love of God.
self space light
And yet I do love a kind of light, melody, fragrance, food, embracement when I love my God; for He is the light, the melody, the fragrance, the food, the embracement of my inner self - there where is a brillance that space cannot contain, a sound that time cannot carry away, a perfume that no breeze disperses, a taste undimisnished by eating, a clinging together that no saiety will sunder. This is what I love when I love my God.
self cities two
Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself - the latter in God.
self effort trying
Poets, if they're genuine, must keep repeating "I don't know." Each poem marks an effort to answer this statement, but as soon as the final period hits the page, the poet begins to hesitate, starts to realize that this particular answer was pure makeshift that's absolutely inadequate to boot. So the poets keep on trying, and sooner or later the consecutive results of their self-dissatisfaction are clipped together with a giant paperclip by literary historians and called their oeuvre. Wislawa Szymborska
self cleaning revelations
There is no such thing as a self-cleaning oven.
self eyebrows gold
As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient. W. Averell Harriman
selfish artist
An artist must be ruthlessly selfish. W. Eugene Smith
selfishness social social-good
No universal selfishness can bring social good to all, W. E. B. Du Bois
selfish purpose watches
So often do you see collegians enter life with high resolve and lofty purpose and then watch them shrink and shrink to sordid, selfish, shrewd plodders, full of distrust and sneers.
self wish looks
It reminds me that those of us who turn in disgust from what we consider an overinflated liberal-bourgeois sense of self should be careful what we wish for: our denuded networked selves don't look more free, they just look more owned. Zadie Smith
self fake friendly
…maybe the whole Internet will simply become like Facebook: falsely jolly, fake-friendly, self-promoting, slickly disingenuous….” - Zadie Smith
selfish
I am very selfish, really. I lived for love.
self order people
The whole matter revolves around the self-respect of my people. How much satisfaction can I get from a court order for somebody toassociate with me who does not wish me near them? Zora Neale Hurston
self dying
Don't you love nobody better'n you do yo'self. Do, you'll be dying befo' yo' time is out.
self kind certain
I don't like to have anybody tell me to be in a place at certain times. That's kind of the advantage of stand up. You're self-employed. Zach Galifianakis
self form self-education
Traveling is my form of self-education. Yvon Chouinard
self people trying
I purposely try to hire people who are really self-motivated and good at what they do, and then I just leave them alone.
selfish want environment
We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.
self self-centered truly-happy
You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist. Zig Ziglar
self risk losing
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar. Zhuangzi
self-confidence giving style
Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always. Yves Saint Laurent
self actors gigs
What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable. William H. Macy
self incomplete sentences
One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.