Quotes about self
self ego done
To be cured, we must rise from our graves and throw off the cerements of the dead. Nobody can do it for another - it is a private affair which is best done collectively. We must die as egos and be born again in the swarm, not separated and self-hypnotized, but individual and related. Henry Miller
self concerts form
The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.
self way germs
To love! To surrender absolutely, to prostrate oneself before the divine image, to die a thousand imaginary deaths, to annihilate every trace of self, to find the whole universe embodied and enshrined in the living image of another! Adolescent, we say. Rot! This is the germ of the future life, the seed which we hide away, which we bury deep within us, which we smother and stifle and do our utmost to destroy as we advance from one experience to another and flutter and flounder and lose our way.
self soul tears
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. Henri Frederic Amiel
self numbers wish
Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small.
self doe three
All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. Facts are stubborn, and refusal to accept them does not avoid their inexorable effects-the tragic consequences are now upon us Helen Keller
self handicaps found
Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God.
self-esteem years play
After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, or anger toward myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically. Cat Power
selfish responsibility race
... so large a portion of those who hold much capital, instead of using their various advantages for the greatest good of those around them, employ the chief of them for mere selfish indulgences; thus inflicting as much mischief on themselves, as results to others from their culpable neglect. A great portion of the rich seem to be acting on the principle, that the more God bestows on them, the less are they under obligation to practise any self-denial, in fulfilling his benevolent plan of raising our race to intelligence and holiness. Catharine Beecher
selfish independent opportunity
The ability to secure an independent livelihood and honorable employ suited to her education and capacities is the only true foundation of the social elevation of woman, even in the very highest classes of society. While she continues to be educated only to be somebody's wife, and is left without any aim in life till that somebody either in love, or in pity, or in selfish regard at last grants her the opportunity, she can never be truly independent.
self bedroom magnificent
The only one who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self. Cassandra Clare
selfish artist giving
A picture of human life such as a great artist can give, surprises even the trivial and the selfish into that attention to what is apart from themselves, which may be called the raw material of moral sentiment. George Eliot
selfish gentleman vices
... goodness is of a modest nature, easily discouraged, and when much elbowed in early life by unabashed vices, is apt to retire into extreme privacy, so that it is more easily believed in by those who construct a selfish old gentleman theoretically, than by those who form the narrower judgments based on his personal acquaintance.
selfish science obligation
Alas! the scientific conscience had got into the debasing company of money obligation and selfish respects.
selfishness littles poor
Our selfishness is so robust and many-clutching that, well encouraged, it easily devours all sustenance away from our poor little scruples.
self concern-for-others greed
A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adective is often applied to those liberals who prefer to improve the lives of others rather than exploit them. Apparently, a concern for others is self-love at its least attractive, while greed is now a sign of the hightest altruism. But then to reverse, periodically, the meanings of words is a very small price to pay for our vast freedom not only to conform but to consume. Gore Vidal
self musings impressed
I have never been particularly impressed by the self centered musings of my fellow writers.
self-confidence fighting self-respect
Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control. Gina Carano
self secret want
Weeks go by, and I dont paint until finally I cant stand it any longer. I get fed up. I almost dont want to talk about it, because I dont want to become self-conscious about it, but perhaps I create these little crises as a kind of a secret strategy to push myself. Gerhard Richter
selfish lying mean
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. James Bovard
self government democracy
The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance.
self
Whatever the self describes, describes the self.
self dominion shepherds
A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the divine dominion.
self design attention
To design an easy-to-use interface, pay attention to what users do, not what they say. Self-reported claims are unreliable, as are user speculations about future behavior. Jakob Nielsen
self drawing portraiture
An act of naming should quite rightly enable me to call any-thing a self-portrait, not only any drawing, 'portrait' or not, but everything that happens to me, that I can affect, or that affects me. Jacques Derrida
self loving-you adults
Americans began by loving youth, and now, out of adult self-pity, they worship it. Jacques Barzun
self found made
Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.
self waiting needs
All of us need to self-promote. We cannot sit back and wait for our gallery or rep to do it all. Jack White
self two america
There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots. One is generous and humane, the other narrowly egotistical; one is self-critical, the other self-righteous; one is sensible, the other romantic; one is good-humored, the other solemn; one is inquiring, the other pontificating; one is moderate, the other filled with passionate intensity; one is judicious and the other arrogant in the use of great power. J. William Fulbright
self heroism preservation
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation. J. R. R. Tolkien
self-esteem self-worth levels
We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. Iyanla Vanzant
self gossip mind
When you gossip, it's self-hexing. Because when you do it, it comes back to you. Everything starts with the word. The word is demonstrating a condition of the mind. If it's in your mind and comes out of your mouth, it will be created.
self-love done matter
Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.