Quotes about self
self two ties
Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other. John Calvin
self-esteem believe dark
Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God's verdict.
self knowledge-of-god self-knowledge
Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God.
self vanity blame
Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers. John Berryman
self talking vanity
So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.
self mirrors matter
Self knowledge begins with the neighbor, the mirror, and just the same with true self-love; that goes from the mirror to the matter Johann Georg Hamann
self pessimism economics
A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism. Joan Robinson
self-confidence ego comedy
I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material. Joan Rivers
self self-pity pity
Self-pity shortens your life ...
self want littles
There is a human striving for self-transcendence. It's part of what makes us human. With all of our flaws we want to go a little bit further than we've gone before and maybe even further than anyone else has gone before. George Leonard
self perfection long
Nothing more can be attempted than to establish the beginning and the direction of an infinitely long road. The pretension of any systematic and definitive completeness would be, at least, a self-illusion. Perfection can here be obtained by the individual student only in the subjective sense that he communicates everything he has been able to see. Georg Simmel
selfish drinking pride
Do not give alms promiscuously. Select the unworthy poor and make them happy. To give to the deserving is a duty, but to help the improvident, drinking class is clear generosity, so that the donor has a right to be warmed by a selfish pride and count on a most flattering obituary. George Ade
self mirrors made
Do not tell me what to do, tell me what you do. Do not tell me what is good for me, tell me what is good for you. If, at the same time, you reveal the you in me, if you become a mirror to my inner self, then you have made a reader and a friend. George A. Sheehan
self people
The more that we self-analyze ourselves, the nicer we are to people and to ourselves, and the more we understand each other. Geoff Johns
self people identity
With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are. Geoff Mulgan
self cards credit
L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.
self-esteem character sides
Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product of unambiguous moral education? Garry Trudeau
self world sides
Values-oriented foreign policy of the free world would be much better, supported by the self-awareness of being on the right side of history. Garry Kasparov
self joy simplicity
Simplicity brings back the joys of Paradise. Not that we have pure pleasure without a moment's suffering, but when we are surrendered to God, we are not grasping for pleasure, and even our troubles are received with thanksgiving. This inner harmony, and this deliverance from fear and the tormenting desires of self, create a satisfaction in the soul which is above all the intoxicating joys of this world put together. Francois Fenelon
self examination faults
Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.
self suffering crosses
True love goes ever straight forward, not in its own strength, but esteeming itself as nothing. Then indeed we are truly happy. The cross is no longer a cross when there is no self to suffer under it.
self way steps
There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and for Him, and to follow with a generous self-abandonment every thing which He requires.
self-confidence temptation rust
Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.
self drawing soul
Alas! how many souls there are full of self, and yet desirous of doing good and serving God, but in such a way as to suit themselves; who desire to impose rules upon God as to His manner of drawing them to Himself. They want to serve and possess Him, but they are not willing to be possessed by Him.
self dying littles
The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.
self suffering poison
That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.
self trying want
I used to be very unathletic. I was always so gangly and self-conscious about my height. I had convinced myself I was uncoordinated. And as a result, I didn't want to try stuff. Geena Davis
self-esteem missing littles
When I was a model, actually, for a little while, my friend that I worked with a lot, she had horrible self-esteem too. We decided that the exact moment when we actually thought we were attractive, we wouldn't be any more. We would just, like, miss it.
self-esteem fake looks
I had very, very bad self-esteem - that I was a fake, everybody was going to find out, that I didn't deserve to have success, just about my looks and really, really bad self esteem.
selfish done ifs
It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done. Gayle Forman
self ego favors
This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self. Edward de Bono
selfish selfless sometimes
Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless. Edward Albert
self doubt talent
Self-doubt kills talent. Edie McClurg