Quotes about self
self sometimes
One is least sure of one's self, sometimes, when one is most positive. Conrad Aiken
self alive young
The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny. Claire Tomalin
self calm-mind soul
The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from. Clarence Clemons
self self-reliance poverty
Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance Daniel De Leon
self-esteem self-destruction cowardice
Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme. Daniel Defoe
self boss brain
While we tend to conceive of the operations of the mind as unified and transparent, they're actually chaotic and opaque. There's no invisible boss in the brain, no central meaner, no unitary self in command of our activities and utterances. There's no internal spectator of a Cartesian theater in our heads to applaud the march of consciousness across its stage. Daniel Dennett
self practice leader
Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach? David Frum
self ethos people
Such techniques, including meta-discursive stuff, self-reference, irony, black humor, cynicism, grotesquerie and shock, it would be safe to say that television or televisual values rule the culture. Television is successfully using a lot of those same techniques but using them for a very different agenda, which is to sort of create an ethos and please people and to sell products to consumers. David Foster Wallace
selfish feeling-alone feelings
I'm not afraid of new things. I'm just afraid of feeling alone even when there's somebody else there. I'm afraid of feeling bad. Maybe that's selfish, but it's the way I feel.
self psychics toxic
There's good self-consciousness, and then there's toxic, paralyzing, raped-by-psychic-Bedouins self-consciousness.
self lenses matter
This is not a matter of virtue-it's a matter of my choosing to do the work of somehow altering or getting free of my natural, hard-wired default-setting, which is to be deeply and literally self-centered, and to see and interpret everything through this lens of self.
self people goes-on
It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the first human being'. We are so self-obsessed with our own history. There is so much more out there than what connects to us. David Attenborough
self sensual tunes
Sensual is being in tune with your sensual self. Aaliyah
self-esteem self weight
I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem. Dawn French
selfish oedipus people
What we were trying to do was take the notion of Greek tragedy, of fated and doomed people, and instead of these Olympian gods, indifferent, venal, selfish, hurling lightning bolts and hitting people in the ass for no reason—instead of those guys whipping it on Oedipus or Achilles, it’s the postmodern institutions . . . those are the indifferent gods. David Simon
self culture achieve
Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great. David Platt
self safety concern
BECAUSE SELF IS NO LONGER OUR GOD, SAFETY IS NO LONGER OUR CONCERN.
selfish caring indulge-in
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church.
self deception helping
Self-deception helps us deceive. David Livingstone
self-esteem
I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s. Adam Lambert
self helping self-help
Zen is all about self-study/knowledge and self-help! Mika
self-esteem joy self-love
You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing. Ram Dass
self-esteem esteem shortcomings
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing.
self track people
My fear is that many institutions will eventually alter how they treat people who refuse to self-track. There are all sorts of political and moral implications here, and I'm not sure that we have grappled with any of them. Evgeny Morozov
self class discipline
Self-discipline is the No. 1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class and the poor. Robert Kiyosaki
self doubt genius
excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.
self political soul
Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul. Adlai Stevenson
self hatred self-hatred
One thing worse than self-hatred is chiggers. Edward Abbey
selfishness sin bases
The basis of all sin is selfishness. David O. McKay
selfish advertising interest
Advertising is the place where the selfish interests of the manufacturer coincide with the interests of society. David Ogilvy
self-confidence years skills
Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession. David Mamet
self-esteem silly math
I noticed there were so many people, especially women, who would come up to me having recognized me from TV and say, 'I heard you were a math person, why math? Oh my gosh, I could never do math!' I could just see their self-esteem crumbling; I thought that was silly, so I wanted to make math more friendly and accessible. Danica McKellar
selfish sacrifice love-is
If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love. Dada Vaswani