Quotes about self
self optimism doubt
I’ve questioned everything about myself, every step of the way. You have to have the same amount of fear and self-doubt as you do hope and blind optimism. Taylor Swift
self trying stills
I'd like to be my old self again but I'm still trying to find it
self want vain
I never want to end up being a self-centered, vain human being.
self people priorities
It's important to be self-aware about what people are saying about you, but even more so, be very aware of who you actually are, and to have that be the main priority.
self-worth giving acting
My acting gives me my self-worth Tavis Smiley
selfish team believe
I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself. Taraji P. Henson
self feelings disappear
As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own. . . . There was no sense of a self owning them. Tara Brach
self feelings psychology
I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.
self years roots
Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to prove my worth. Like the tiger Mohini, I inhabited a self-made prison that stopped me from living fully.
self inward turns
Turn thy gaze inward, wherein resides the Supreme Self. Swami Vivekananda
selfish generosity moral
That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.
self done influence
Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.
selfish thrones world
Unselfishness is God. One may live on a throne, in a golden palace, and be perfectly unselfish; and then he is in God. Another may live in a hut and wear rags, and have nothing in the world; yet, if he is selfish, he is intensely merged in the world.
self serenity desire
Plunge into the world, and then, after a time, when you have suffered and enjoyed all that is in it, will renunciation come; then will calmness come. So fulfill your desire for power and everything else, and after you have fulfilled the desire, will come the time when you will know that they are all very little things; but until you have fulfilled this desire, until you have passed through that activity, it is impossible for you to come to the state of calmness, serenity, and self-surrender.
self joy fulfillment
Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living. Sophia Loren
self-improvement succeed failing
If you are going to succeed, you must deal with what caused you to fail Tony Robbins
self-improvement way improvement
See things the way they are not worse than they are
self-improvement way doe
If you add the value, you will become the brand. Find a way to add more value than anyone else does
self-esteem believe important
A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives doing the things we believe are most important to us.
self discipline acting
Acting requires a lot of discipline to go with the obsession. It's a path of knowledge, and of self-knowledge. Sometimes you get lost on the path. And then you find yourself again. Toni Servillo
selfish responsibility today
The only society that works today is also one founded on mutual respect, on a recognition that we have a responsibility collectively and individually, to help each other on the basis of each other's equal worth. A selfish society is a contradiction in terms. Tony Blair
self expression demand
The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands self-expression . Thurgood Marshall
self doe absurd
The power to regulate the value of money does not involve a power to dilute the value of money by inflation, an absurd and self-serving rendering. Thomas Woods
self complacency possession
So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call self-respect. Thorstein Veblen
self chance ends
concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security. Thucydides
self ego abiding
When you abide in the I you're abiding in the ego. The I is really the ego, the small I. It turns into the Self eventually. Robert Adams
self years feelings
All these years you've been searching and looking and trying to change things, trying to add thing onto yourself, trying to acquire things when you have been the source of everything to begin with. Everything you've been looking for has been within yourself you have been that. You then begin to surrender everything to yourself. You surrender all of your thoughts, all of your feelings, you surrender all of your desires, all of your wants to the Self. You pull it in all inwardly.
self secret mind
The secret to peace-of-mind is to not identify with anything other than your true self.
self perfect rejoice
You are the Self, that perfect immutable Self. Nothing else exists. Nothing else ever existed. Nothing else will ever exist. There is only one Self and you are That. Rejoice!
self roots evil
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. Robert A. Heinlein
self color wind
A pacifist male is a contradiction in terms. Most self-described "pacifists" are not pacific; they simply assume false colors. When the wind changes, they hoist the Jolly Roger.
self groups morality
The basic of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.
self enemy
All my enemies are self-appointed.