Quotes about self
self doe
I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do. Al Franken
self doubt may
Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in. Aimee Mullins
self texture way
There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative. Charles J. Shields
self hands guy
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in. Charles Kimbrough
self tree variation
If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the new science of complexity or showing how an architecture can be produced just as quickly, cheaply and efficiently by using computer production methods to get the slight variation, the self-similarity. Charles Jencks
selfish book titles
Science is a victim of its own reductive metaphors: 'Big Bang,' 'selfish gene' and so on. Richard Dawkins' selfish gene fitted with the Thatcherite politics of the time. It should actually be the 'altruistic gene,' but he'd never have sold as many books with a title like that.
self long miracle
Ay, marriage is the life-long miracle, The self-begetting wonder, daily fresh. Charles Kingsley
selfish selfishness actors
You have to be selfish to be an actor. Charles Dance
self infinite capacity
We humans, you see, have an infinite capacity for self-rationalization. Charles Colson
self religion chance
The impossibility of conceiving that this grand and wondrous universe, with our conscious selves, arose through chance, seems to me the chief argument for the existence of God. Charles Darwin
self development truest
The truest success is but the development of self. Charles Atlas
self goal perfection
Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.
selfish psychology police
...this bill will require the creation of a Federal police force of mammoth proportions. It also bids fair to result in the development of an 'informer' psychology in great areas of our national life-neighbors spying on neighbors, workers spying on workers, business spying on businessmen-were those who would harass their fellow citizens for selfish and narrow purposes will have ample inducement to do so. These, the Federal police force an 'informer' psychology, are the hallmarks of the police state and landmarks in the destruction of a free society. Barry Goldwater
self-confidence men track
I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.
self talent republican
The Republicans have a positive talent for self-destruction.
self connected universe
The self in a toroidal Universe can be both separate and connected with everything else. Arthur Young
self deceit deceiving
We deceive and flatter no one by such delicate artificies as we do our own selves. Arthur Schopenhauer
self firsts three
There are three stages in the revelation of truth. The first is to be ridiculed, the second is to be resisted and the third is to be considered self-evident.
self world firsts
When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition, and in the third stage, that truth comes to be regarded as self-evident.
selfish men use
The charlatan takes very different shapes according to circumstances; but at bottom he is a man who cares nothing about knowledge for its own sake, and only strives to gain the semblance of it that he may use it for his own personal ends, which are always selfish and material.
selfish-people psychology selfishness
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
self doubt trials
As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial. Antonio Munoz Molina
selfish mean men
It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself, a moral discipline that permits him to subordinate voluntarily his own selfish interest to the wider interests of the society in which he lives. The gentleman, therefore is a cultural person in the noblest sense of the word, if by culture we mean not simply wealth of intellectual knowledge but also the ability to fulfil one's duty and understand one's fellow man by respecting / every principle, every opinion, every faith that is sincerely professed. Antonio Gramsci
self somewhere-else bears
Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free. Antonio Porchia
self looks existence
When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
self vanity ridiculous
Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist.
self important would-be
It would be gross understatement to say that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is not a model of clarity. It is in many important respects a model of ambiguity or indeed even self-contradiction. Antonin Scalia
self-esteem responsibility destiny
Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing defeat to take over. Take responsibility for your destiny. You can come up with a performance, if you can reach down and dig deep enough into your competitive soul. You can overcome tremendous obstacles. Bruce Jenner
self self-knowledge
All knowledge leads to self-knowledge. Bruce Lee
self-improvement martial-arts personal-development
Take what's useful, discard what is not.
self self-knowledge
All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge.
self discipline mind
Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.
self perception rewards
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And, finally closing the avenues of sense perception, let the spirit out, as it will.