Quotes about self
self mad doubt
From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity. Dean Koontz
self drunk car
Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.
self defense sin
In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.
self people motivational-sales
Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives. Daniel H. Pink
self feelings perception
Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own. Daniel Goleman
self attention digital
Overloading attention shrinks mental control. Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control.
self worry attention
The task of worrying is to come up with positive solutions for life's perils by anticipating dangers before they arise. If we are preoccupied by worries, we have that must less attention to expend on figuring out the answers. Our worries become self-fulfilling prophecies, propelling us toward the very disaster they predict.
self-esteem thinking comedy
I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that. Craig Ferguson
self say-anything needs
...slow down and self-edit and ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything: "Does this need to be said?" "Does this need to be said by me?" "Does this need to be said by me now?"
self wish levels
The amazing thing is that chaotic systems don't always stay chaotic," Ben said, leaning on the gate. "Sometimes they spontaneously reorganize themselves into an orderly structure." "They suddenly become less chaotic?" I said, wishing that would happen at HiTek. "No, that's the thing. They become more and more chaotic until they reach some sort of chaotic critical mass. When that happens, they spontaneously reorganize themselves at a higher equilibrium level. It's called self-organized criticality. Connie Willis
self-knowledge
I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become. Coco Chanel
self done lasts
The last three films I've done are about self-immolation. Claire Forlani
self justice tests
The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation. Clarence Day
self-esteem done self-determination
I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me. Elizabeth Taylor
self people world
It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything affects you – that closes the loop on pecuniary self-interest. Customers are always right, but people aren't. Eli Pariser
self media two
There's the part that I just want what I want, and I don't want to be bothered by anything else, and sort of the short-term more compulsive self. And then that's the longer-term, aspirational self that wants to be informed about the world and wants to be a good citizen. The best media basically helps us strike a balance between those two things.
self democracy addresses
Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of narrow self-interest to do so.
self want self-knowledge
The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. Elias Canetti
self-worth ideas actors
You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is. Elia Kazan
self suffering doubt
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.
self self-conscious conscious
I was always a self-conscious person.
selfish mistake home
Many men who do creditable things refuse to let it be known. This is a mistake. While we all admire modesty, nevertheless there is a great national need to do everything possible to bring home to the rank and file of the people that all employers and all wealthy men are not grinding, mercenary, selfish skinflints, but that many of them take delight in doing helpful things for others ... Shortcomings of employers are constantly paraded. Why not let the public become acquainted with the better side which most present-day employers possess? B. C. Forbes
self world firsts
With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works, it seemed that I was becoming the world's first writer of self-contained ready-made quotations. Ashleigh Brilliant
self warning caution
Caution! Be very careful of false, meaningless, self-contradictory, and not even very funny warnings, like this one.
self giving done
I sit at my table en grand seigneur , And when I have done, throw a crust to the poor; Not only the pleasure, one's self, of good living, But also the pleasure of now and then giving. So pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho! So pleasant it is to have money. Arthur Hugh Clough
selfish love-is self-love
But love is something that has to be as selfish as it is unselfish. You can't make yourself love someone because you feel like you should. Just wanting to love someone isn't enough. Aprilynne Pike
self-esteem self-worth building-up
Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth. Arabella Weir
self discipline worthwhile
If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile. Bear Bryant
self masculine-and-feminine two
nonviolent actions are by their nature androgynous. In them the two impulses that have long been treated as distinct, 'masculine' and 'feminine,' the impulse of self-assertion and the impulse of sympathy, are clearly joined; the very genius of nonviolence, in fact, is that it demonstrates them to be indivisible, and so restores human community ... Barbara Deming
self names growing
the fastest-growing brand of religion is of the magical 'name it and claim it' variety, in which the deity exists only to meet one's immediate, self-identified needs. Barbara Ehrenreich
self bird underwater
We proclaim human intelligence to be morally valuable per se because we are human. If we were birds, we would proclaim the ability to fly as morally valuable per se. If we were fish, we would proclaim the ability to live underwater as morally valuable per se. But apart from our obviously self-interested proclamations, there is nothing morally valuable per se about human intelligence. Gary L. Francione
selfish party thinking
I think it's selfish to go out partying all the time, especially if you have little ones in your family. Miley Cyrus
self-esteem important purpose
It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.