Quotes about self
self-esteem self-pity narcotics
Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics. Sebastian Horsley
self risk way
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence , an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't? Sebastian Junger
self joy naked
This intimacy is not necessary; no one is compelling me to open my inmost self and lay it naked, undefended, against that of another – merely for the joy of the communion. Sebastian Faulks
self deception vision
Our myths are so many, our vision so dim, our self-deception so deep and our smugness so gross that scarcely any way now remains of reporting the American Century except from behind the billboards ... Nelson Algren
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 self-destructive self-destructive-behavior
There's nothing cool about being self-destructive. Patti Smith
self world rooms
When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.
selfish thinking sometimes
I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records. Pat Summitt
self employed
See yourself as self employed.
self improvement havens
Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before.
self-esteem eye ladders
Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem. P.M. Forni
selfish miserable greedy
Pleasure for others is the only pleasure possible to me. I assure you I'm quite selfish! - I'm greedy for the happiness of those I love - and if they can't or won't be happy I'm perfectly miserable. Marie Corelli
self-confidence firsts principles
First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events. Marie Curie
self kind indifference
Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach