Quotes about self
self tree together
You thought that you were the permanent part of your own experience, the net that held it all together - until you discovered that there were many selves, dissolving into one another so quickly over time that the buildings and the trees and even the pavement turned out to have more substance than you did. Nell Freudenberger
self protect
You have to build systems to protect against your lesser self. Neil Strauss
self over-you chalk
It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening. Rachel Johnson
self self-made made
I'm a self-made woman. I've never compromised myself. Nia Long
self-esteem men democracy
You know better than I that in a Republic talent is always suspect. A man attains an elevated position only when his mediocrity prevents him from being a threat to others. And for this reason a democracy is never governed by the most competent, but rather by those whose insignificance will not jeopardize anyone else's self-esteem. Niccolo Machiavelli
self degrees apologizing
To the degree I was too brash, Too self-confident or too pushy, I apologize. Newt Gingrich
selfish men law
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded. Noah Webster
self amusing conscious
Amusing and perfectly self-conscious charlatans. Noam Chomsky
self done fields
In my own professional work I have touched on a variety of different fields. I've done work in mathematical linguistics, for example, without any professional credentials in mathematics; in this subject I am completely self-taught, and not very well taught.
self law yugoslavia
In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the United States is immune to the charge of genocide, self-immunized, and the court accepted that, so the case proceeded against the other NATO powers, but not against the United States.
self people apathy
We are hurtling towards self-destruction at an alarming rate thanks chiefly to an advertising and propaganda system that goads people from infancy towards apathy, isolation, passivity, helplessness and separation.
self lawyer collections
I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now. Mike Oldfield
self-esteem struggle acceptance
Most comedians want to be the architect of their own embarrassment. They have horrible self-esteem issues. I would rather push myself into the mud. I don't want to be pushed into the mud. I think that is probably true. I think most people struggle with self-acceptance. But comedians get a chance to self externalize. Mike Myers
self-improvement nucleus sushi
There's always room for improvement. Joey Logano
self analysis action
It is great to be introspective, self analysis can be useful, but only if it results in action. Joe Sacco
self people doubt
I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt. Joe Mantello
selfishness salvation saved
To be saved is only this-salvation from our own selfishness. John Greenleaf Whittier
self way imagine
It's almost as if the way you imagine my dead self says more about you than it says about either the person I was or the whatever I am now. John Green
self diagnosis
I am concussed," I announced, entirely sure of my self-diagnosis.
self loathing monsters
Beware of that monster called 'self-loathing'.
self-esteem men challenges
Every man stamps his value on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us by others. -Man is made great or little by his own will. Harold B. Lee
self portraiture portraits
There is no self-portrait of me. Gustav Klimt
self mirrors looks
You never look at the backside of a mirror because when you do, it'll affect your future because you're looking at yourself backwards. No, you're looking at your inner self and you don't recognize it because you've never seen it before. Gus Van Sant
selfish thinking sometimes
I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity. Jim Broadbent
selfish thinking careers
Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.
selfish winning thinking
I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race. Jessica Capshaw
selfish thinking animal
I think that people who don't like animals tend to be selfish, but I'm biased. Jessica Alba
self people risk
I'm much more of a risk taker. I'm more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don't. I probably should.
self-confidence looks clue
My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.
self-esteem self-worth desire
We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued. Jean de la Bruyere
self names employment
There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work.
self people amiable
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.
self-love selfishness wish
We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love.