Quotes about self
selfish humanity desire
Humanity could only have survived and flourished if it held social and personal values that transcended the urges of the individual, embodying selfish desires - and these stem from the sense of a transcendent good. Arthur Peacocke
self-esteem compassion achievement
Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed by compassion and love, not by greed and aggressiveness. Arnold J. Toynbee
self law liberty
In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of the individual's right to self-defense; if law were the obstacle, the check, the punisher of all oppression and plunder - is it likely that we citizens would then argue much about the extent of the franchise? Frederic Bastiat
self law liberty
Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice? Frederic Bastiat
self law two
Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the free and inoffensive use of his faculties for physical, intellectual and moral self-improvement. Instead, it is demanded that the law should directly extend welfare, education, and morality throughout the nation. This is the seductive lure of socialism. And I repeat: these two uses of the law are in direct contradiction to each other. Frederic Bastiat
self ideas perception
You expand your consciousness, your ideas, your perceptions. You break away from self-adopted restrictions. You grow as you learn to step aside from limiting conceptions and dogmas. Seth
self ambitious flukes
I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating. Diablo Cody
selfish done want
I don't feel pressure, because I do what I want to do. I don't feel pressure at all. I've never done any movies because I thought this was what somebody wanted me to do. I'm a bit more, for lack of a better word, selfish than that. But like I say in the movie, you do what you have to do so that you can do what you want to do. Denzel Washington
selfish thinking artist
I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it. Denzel Washington
self singing heard
What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can. Denise Levertov
self-esteem may done
Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it. Denis Waitley
self addiction achievement
The only limits on human achievement are self-imposed. Denis Waitley
self life-is prophecy
Life is self-fulfilling prophecy. Denis Waitley
self-esteem quality accepting
Positive self-esteem is the quality of simply saying thank you and accepting any value that is attributed to you by others. Denis Waitley
self-esteem riding limousines
The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it. Denis Waitley
self-esteem self-worth feelings
Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth. Denis Waitley
self-esteem self-confidence loving-yourself
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. Denis Waitley
self-worth people negative
Don't let negative people determine your self-worth. Denis Waitley
self-confidence self born
No one is born with self confidence. Self confidence is learned and earned with experience. Denis Waitley
self-esteem opinion individual
Individuals with a good self esteem can accept or reject the opinions of others, but never depend on them for their sense of worthiness. Denis Waitley
self-worth growing imperfect
Accept yourself as you are right now; an imperfect, changing, growing and worthy person. Denis Waitley
self class effort
The confidence you need is belief in your potential. If you see world-class potential in yourself, you'll put in the effort. If you don't see the potential, you won't put in the effort and you'll wait for the performance, and the performance always follows the belief in self. Denis Waitley
self greedy stills
I'm still pretty self-centered, greedy and angry. Denis Leary
self people income
It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power, and titles have nothing to do with that. Dee Hock
self issues people
Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price. Deborah Kass
self ideas helping
So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there. Deborah Norville
selfish love-is wicked
God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
self path holiness
Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
self-esteem worry important
There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers. Dennis Lehane
self-esteem school taught
Nowadays, with history not being taught anymore in American public schools, self-esteem is taking its place. Dennis Miller
self water paper
American's could be any more self absorbed if they were made of equal parts water and paper towel. Dennis Miller
self-esteem world affluence
There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world. Deepak Chopra
self timeless true-self
Being fully in the present, you experience the timeless. In the timeless, you find your true self. Deepak Chopra