Quotes about self
self people legacy
Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing. James Surowiecki
selfish hero giving
I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish. James Patterson
self promise want
Now that we were alone,i was self-conscious and cranky again.Why had i wanted to stay?if i had been programmed to want to be with dylan,heads were gonna roll,i promise you that.
self-esteem food grit
Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem.
self two fiction
I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction. James McGreevey
self vices harbors
A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love. James Mackintosh
self psychology development
The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology. James Mark Baldwin
self two consciousness
In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.
self people leader
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership. James MacGregor Burns
selfishness suffrage meanness
We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness. James Martineau
self germs constitution
It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants in the Constitution itself necessary usurpations of power, every precedent of which is a germ of unnecessary and multiplied repetitions. James Madison
self mind religion
[The human mind] finds more facility in assenting to the self-existence of an invisible cause possessing infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, than in the self-existence of the universe, visibly destitute of these attributes, and which may be the effect of them.
selfish men human-nature
Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being.
self media political
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech. James L. Buckley
self denial self-denial
There has to be some self-denial. Joe Paterno
self discipline quality
The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness. Joe Nichols
selfish thinking interesting-conversation
There's a lot of people that I disagree with that I think I could have interesting conversations with. What I don't want to get into is manufactured conflict. I would much rather talk to someone like Dr. Rhonda Patrick or Randall Carlson and be mesmerized by information. I guess in a way that's selfish, or maybe not objective of me. The older (and hopefully wiser) I get the less interested I am in conflict. I don't mind disagreeing with people in a civil way, but I definitely don't want to go out of my way to have an argument unless it's a really important subject. Joe Rogan
self-esteem believe thinking
I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people. John Galsworthy
self our-world trying
We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security. John Eldredge
self gods-plan salvation
Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation. John Ortberg
self boredom joy
Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from pouring myself out for the joy of others also keeps me from noticing and delighting in the myriad small gifts God offers each day. This is why Walker Percy describes boredom as "the self stuffed with the self."
self challenges inspire
Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters; call me to be my best self; appeal to whatever in me is most noble and honorable. Don't let me go down the path of least resistance. Challenge me to make my life about something more than the acquisition of money or success
self-esteem believe heart
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.
self light infinite
The infinite is a light sleeper. The moment the self awakens, the force of the infinite begins to stir. John O'Donohue
self ego identity
The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.
self-esteem enjoy self
Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy. John Mulaney
self realization life-is
Life is a partial, continuous, progressive, multiform and conditionally interactive self-realization of the potentialities of atomic electron states. John Desmond Bernal
self choices certain
Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized. John Dewey
selfishness gains facts
The mere absorption of facts and truths is so exclusively an individual affair that it tends very naturally to pass into selfishness. There is no obvious social motive for the acquirement of mere learning, there is no clear social gain in success thereat.
self expression community
The good society was, like the good self, a diverse yet harmonious, growing yet unified whole, a fully participatory democracy in which the powers and capacities of the individuals that comprised it were harmonized by their cooperative activities into a community that permitted the full and free expression of individuality.
self desert mojave
Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours. John Carmack
self order giving
The enemies of Christ ... could not bear his independence; his "Give the emperor that which is the emperor's" showed a contempt for the affairs of state and its politics for the moral order that their self-respect would not let them tolerate. John Carroll
self political theatre
Stirner's political praxis is quixotic. It accepts the established hierarchies of constraint as given. ... Not liable to any radical change, they constitute part of the theatre housing the individual's action. ... The egoist uses the elements of the social structure as props in his self-expressive act.