Quotes about self
selfish men religion
One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot love. Andy Murray
self deliverance sin
Not to be occupied with your sin, but to be occupied with God brings deliverance from self.
self restraint indulgence
Self-restraint is indulgence of the propensity to forgo. Ambrose Bierce
self evident
Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.
self-esteem ego appraisal
self-esteem, n. An erroneous appraisal.
self denial indulgence
Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
self independence vices
MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
selfish selfishness consideration
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
selfish attention constant-love
It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which is a selfish and difficult place to be in a relationship. We were emotionally retarded, and that was the best we could do at the time. Anthony Kiedis
self littles gutters
I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.
selfish thinking littles
I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.
self needs my-family
And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me. Alison Bechdel
self consciousness capacity
It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!
selfish real moving
Not that I say,"Oh,I'm not going to associate with certain people.," but I have my world,and I only want to be around people who I feel stimulated by. I have to be honest I do have a new quest: I want to meet more vegetarians,people who are more like minded. There's something real neat about that feeling. It makes you feel so settled to know there's somebody else sitting right there,being so passionate about what I'm passionate about. I don't want to be around selfish people. I try to keep myself surrounded by deep people who will move me. Alicia Silverstone
self-esteem men demand
Demands for equality for women are threats to men's self-esteem and sense of sexual turf. Alice S. Rossi
self abortion defense
Abortion is an act of self-defense. Alice Walker
self likes kind
I'm the kind of woman that likes to enjoy herselves in peace.
self twins natural
Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me
self-esteem literature week
Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
self way enlightened
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge.
self light darkness
When life descends into the pit I must become my own candle Willingly burning my self To light up the darkness around me.
self giving hypocrisy
He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look facts in the face and to seek flexible solutions, respect for others, give-and-take in dialog situations, absence of hypocrisy, a complete absence of grandeur in the conduct of his personal life. He has never been driven by blind self-assertion to make absurd decisions. Alice Miller
self-esteem long please
We can never do the right thing as long as we are out to please someone else.
self achievement quality
The grandiose person is never really free; first because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others, and second, because his self-respect is dependent on qualities, functions, and achievements that can suddenly fail.
self people diaries
I have never kept diaries. I just remember a lot and am more self-centered than most people. Alice Munro
self cities yelling
You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects of the society - the city with horns blowing, the people yelling things at each other, and the all-in-all violence and chaos of the city. Put that on stage with music, and that's what this is. Alice Cooper
self-esteem pride achievement
The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing flag lapel pins while betraying the values that the flag stands for, is like the self-esteem curriculum for toddlers, where everything is praised and no achievement ultimately has meaning. Anne-Marie Slaughter
self-esteem stranger esteem
When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
self-esteem narcissism middle
I can never tell what I'm doing when I'm in the middle of publication because I have no confidence. I have terrible self-esteem, along with boundless narcissism. Anne Lamott
self stories golden
I got one of the five golden tickets to be a writer, and I take that seriously. I don't love my own work at all, but I love my own self. I love that I've been given the chance to capture the stories that come through me.
self-esteem humility ego
I have a giant ego and terrible self-esteem, so I need to hit the re-set button fairly regularly - to get into presence, and humility, and being right-sized.
self parent identity
No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.
self laughing people
It's so great to be able to make people laugh, because this is so often how we get our selves back.