Quotes about self
self anchors greed
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which you can build many I's. But in one of them is there a congruence of the elector and the elected. Only one--which you will never find until you have excluded all those superficial and fleeting possibilities of being and doing with which you toy, out of curiosity or wonder or greed, and which hinder you from casting anchor in the experience of the mystery of life, and the consciousness of the talent entrusted to you which is your *I*. Dag Hammarskjold
self poison defense
Like the bee, we distill poison from honey for our self-defense--what happens to the bee if it uses its sting is well known.
self perfection unselfishness
To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.
self roles use
The role of humankind is to use the cultural and social environment it has created to devise new global values.... Human relations with nature are intimately bound up in interpersonal relations and with the relation of the self and its inner life. Daisaku Ikeda
self-esteem people life-is
You know, life is not one in which you just get to choose the things every day that come easily to you. And it's also true - and this is the self-esteem problem - you learn that there are people who are better at things than you are. Condoleezza Rice
self-esteem achievement black
Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
self track add
Sad times May follow your tracks, Bad times May bar you from Saks, Add times When Satan in slacks Breaks down your self control... Cole Porter
self wish youth
Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy. Claude M. Bristol
self saying-no care
Saying no can be the ultimate self-care. Claudia Black
self clothes publicity
Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity. Cleo Moore
self done lasts
I do not see them here; but after death God knows I know the faces I shall see, Each one a murdered self, with low last breath. 'I am thyself,what hast thou done to me?' 'And Iand Ithyself,' (lo! each one saith,) 'And thou thyself to all eternity! Dante Gabriel Rossetti
selfish people looks
If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical. Danny Trejo
self sea chimes
Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible. Dante Alighieri
self ignorant spurs
Oh blind, oh ignorant, self-seeking cupidity whcih spurs as so in the short mortal life and steeps as through all eternity.
self design humanity
We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design. Dan Simmons
self way waste
A token of ecological awareness in a society devoted to self destruction and waste but unwilling to acknowledge its indulgent ways.
self worst worst-things
The worst things weren't outside of you. Cynthia Voigt
self dungeons prison
We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. Cyril Connolly
self optimism negative
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.
selfish boredom bitterness
Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom.
self-worth joy important
Our sense of self-worth is the single most important determinant of the health, abundance, and joy we allow into our lives. Dan Millman
self black church
The black church often has reinforced certain self images that are damaging to black peoples' beauty, black peoples' confidence. Cornel West
self community black
Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense.
self expression people
In situations of sparse resources along with degraded self-images and depoliticized sensibilities, one avenue for poor people is in existential rebellion and anarchic expression. The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people.
self talking transforming
You can't talk about truth without talking about learning how to die because it's precisely by learning how to die, examining yourself and transforming your old self into a better self, that you actually live more intensely and critically and abundantly.
self leader black
It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.
self pieces might
We have to be self-critical even in context that we might be critical of, even as we - our pieces appear in it.
self-esteem love-yourself able
You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others.
self meals blanket
Sanctimony and self-regard are as American as smallpox blankets and supersize meals. Colson Whitehead
self-esteem knowing purpose
I attribute my ability to maintain cool to God, self-esteem, and knowing my purpose in life. It can't be based on anything material or external. Common
self soul intuition
A lover cannot be chosen a la smorgasbord. A lover has to be chosen from soul-craving. To choose just because something mouthwatering stands before ou will never satisfy the hunger of the soul-self. And that is what the intuition is for; it is the direct messenger of the soul. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
self maps treasure
Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you've endured. They're a treasure map to the deep self.
self ideas generosity
Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion...Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.