Quotes about self
self opaque faces
Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. Aiden Wilson Tozer
self errors mind
Fundamentalism has stood aloof from the liberal in self-conscious superiority and has on its own part fallen into error, the error of textualism, which is simply orthodoxy without the Holy Ghost. Everywhere among conservatives we find persons who are Bible-taught but not Spirit-taught. They conceive truth to be something which they can grasp with the mind.
self deception form
Of all forms of deception self-deception is the most deadly, and of all deceived persons the self-deceived are the least likely to discover the fraud.
self littles common
Promoting self under the guise of promoting Christ is currently so common as to excite little notice.
self-esteem esteem
Don't be afraid of your own strength. Diane von Furstenberg
self people calling
Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling. David Brooks
self sympathetic
Friendship allows you to see your own life but with a second sympathetic self.
self support want
I support anyone's right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image? Dave Chappelle
selfish men selfishness
No man will work for your interests unless they are his.
self perfection leader
Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must know how to act it with self-command and precision. David McCullough
self quests sometimes
Love of learning will never let you down. You can have a quest for money, you can have a quest for power, you can have a quest for fame and they are sometimes gratifying and sometimes self-destructive. The love of learning is always gratifying and never self-destructive. The more educated, the more cultivated a society becomes, better off is everybody.
self matter principles
Read. Read all the time. Read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life.
selfish lying hot
I pass through many Me's in the course of my day, each one selfish with his time. The Lying-in-Bed me and the Enjoying-the-Hot-Shower Me are particularly selfish. The Late Me loathes the pair of them. David Mitchell
self-love
You can only experience love if you have self love. David Koechner
self-esteem believe persistence
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. David D. Burns
self-esteem voice worthy
You don't have to do anything especially worthy to create or deserve self-esteem; all you have to do is turn off that critical, haranguing, inner voice.
self-esteem compassion optimism
If you're self-compassionate, you'll tend to have higher self-esteem than if you're endlessly self-critical. And like high self-esteem - self-compassion is associated with significantly less anxiety and depression, as well as more happiness, optimism, and positive emotions.
self years dumb
I do lots of other drugs but I smoke pot maybe 5-10 times a year now. I used to smoke it all the time, but I don't, and I haven't for awhile. That's just because it makes me - and I'm not saying this about everybody else - but it makes me kind of dumb and self-conscious. David Cross
self utah scary
The Republicans have a high Beady-Eyed Self-Righteous Scary Borderline Loon Quotient, as evidenced by Phyllis Schlafly, Pat Robertson, the entire state of Utah, etc. Dave Barry
self-esteem character sacrifice
I love seeing my characters big up there and I would have liked to have reached a different public in movies from my television public. There's still a part of me that wishes that my character range could be seen on the big screen. Rather, as Rod Steiger was, because he was a big influence on me - about becoming other people and not worrying about your own glory or self esteem but sacrificing yourself to become somebody else. David Suchet
self editors special
Newspapers and their editors have to become as accountable as the rest of us - they are not 'a special case,' and they have only themselves to blame for having lost the argument for 'exceptionalism' - and with it the right to 'self-regulation. David Puttnam
self meat being-me
Among the earliest forms of human self-awareness was the awareness of being meat. David Quammen
self identity lucky
I have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky. David Rakoff
self dumb criticism
There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question. Carl Sagan
self deception emotion
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
self perfect tools
Science is not perfect. It's often misused; it's only a tool, but it's the best tool we have. Self-correcting , ever changing, applicable to everything: with this tool, we vanquish the impossible.
self realization action
Self-realization is not complete until it lives in action. Byron Katie
self-esteem friendly lows
Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.
self ideas criticism
Therefore, criticism has to direct itself against itself, and against the mysterious Substance in which it has up to now hid itself. In this way criticism must resolve things such that the development of this Substance drives itself forward to the Universality and Certainty of the Idea of its actual existence, the Eternal Self-consciousness. Bruno Bauer
self progress obstacles
Thus in Christianity the alienation had become total, and it was this total alienation that was the biggest obstacle to the progress of self-consciousness.
selfish views missing
Because of my age and because there's more work on the small screen. What it's missing in quality it makes up for in quantity. From an actor's selfish point of view. Cesar Romero
self giving experience
I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong with me", I grew up. Because I never understood myself, how could I hope to understand anyone else? That's why I can truly say that now I can give a woman love for the first time in my life, because I can understand her. Cary Grant
self perfect personality
Lacan , Derrida and Foucault are the perfect prophets for the weak, anxious academic personality, trapped in verbal formulas and perennially defeated by circumstances. They offer a self-exculpating cosmic explanation for the normal professorial state of resentment, alienation, dithering passivity and inaction. Camille Paglia