Quotes about self
selfish responsibility reality
When we choose to have an abortion, we must do so understanding the full ramifications of what we are doing. Anything less feels to me to be hypocritical, a selfish abnegation of reality and responsibility. Ayelet Waldman
self world soil
You'd let the whole world perish rather than soil that immaculate self of yours with a single spot of which you'd have to be ashamed. Ayn Rand
self-esteem self-confidence men
Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.
selfish opportunity government
Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. Charles Evans Hughes
self objectivity moral
There comes a point, in literary objectivity, when the author's self- effacement is hard to distinguish from moral cowardice. Edward Abbey
self revolution causes
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.
self obedience nicomachean-ethics
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules. Aristotle
self fleeting growing
True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you're having is immediate gratification pleasure, which is fleeting and doesn't grow you as a person.
self connectedness
Happiness is self-connectedness.
selfishness degrees bigs
Selfishness doesn't consist in a love to yourself, but in a big degree of such love.
self excellence ongoing
We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.
self play bidding
For suppose that every tool we had could perform its task, either at our bidding or itself perceiving the need, and if-like the statues made by Dædalus or the tripods of Hephæstus, of which the poet says that "self-moved they enter the assembly of the gods" - shuttles in a loom could fly to and fro and a plectrum play a lyre all self-moved, then master-craftsmen would have no need of servants nor masters of slaves.
self consciousness conscious
A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.
self ideas notes
Note to self: It’s a good idea to ask, “What am I not doing? Ben Horowitz
self loathing steps
Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship. Ben Harper
self firsts obsession
Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.
self play roles
Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
selfish halfway-there likes
We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be. Eddie Van Halen
self-esteem profound world
The picture you have of yourself, your self-esteem, will have a profound effect on the way you see the world and the way your world sees you. Earl Nightingale
self soul elements
Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible. Elizabeth Bishop
self stimulus chosen
The most steady, the most self-sufficient nature depends, more than it knows, on its few chosen stimuli. Elizabeth Bowen
self giving soul
The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
self law punishment
To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the world of work; of a voice among those who make and administer the law; a choice in the jury before whom they are tried, and in the judge who decides their punishment.
self littles doe
To-day the woman is Mrs. Richard Roe, to-morrow Mrs. John Doe, and again Mrs. James Smith according as she changes masters, and she has so little self-respect that she does not see the insult of the custom.
self class support
Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.
self punishment intellectual
Fear, coercion, punishment, are the masculine remedies for moral weakness, but statistics show their failure for centuries. Why not change the system and try the education of the moral and intellectual faculties, cheerful surroundings, inspiring influences? Everything in our present system tends to lower the physical vitality, the self-respect, the moral tone, and to harden instead of reforming the criminal.
self-esteem school narrators
My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school. Elinor Lipman
self law done
In fact, corporate and union moneys go overwhelmingly to incumbents, so limiting that money, as Congress did in the campaign finance law, may be the single most self-denying thing that Congress has ever done. Elena Kagan
self world stale
You cannot bring the same stale self to the world and expect the world to be new for you. Deepak Chopra
self-love happiness-and-love
To bring yourself love and happiness, do what you can to bring them to others.
self way
Self-acceptanc e leads to success, not the other way around.
self
Replace your self-defeating thoughts with self-supporting thoughts.
self waiting world
The inner self of every human waits patiently until we are ready to discover it; then it extends an invitation to enter the luminous mystery of existence in which all things are created, nurtured, and renewed. In the presence of this mystery, we not only heal ourselves, we heal the world.