Quotes about self
selfish goal people
Your unhappiness doesn't help anyone else - and in fact, as I mentioned in another answer, happy people are more altruistically inclined. So happiness is not a selfish goal. Gretchen Rubin
self keys mastery
Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery
self knowing mirrors
Knowing what you admire in others is a wonderful mirror into your deepest, as yet unborn, self.
self discipline self-discipline
Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline. Gordon B. Hinckley
selfish selfishness causes
It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery.
selfish men hands
We are involved in an intense battle. It is a battle between right and wrong, between truth and error, between the design of the Almighty on the one hand and that of Lucifer on the other. For that reason, we desperately need moral men and women who stand on principle, to be involved in the political process. Otherwise, we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.
selfish men people
It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.
selfish destiny thinking
I resolve to be more patient, less selfish, cherish my friends, and in my small way help whoever needs help. I cannot conceivably influence the world's destiny, but I can make my own life more worthwhile. I can give some help to some people; that is not vital to all the world's problems and yet, I think if everyone did just that, we might see quite a world in our time! Gladys Taber
self three instinct
No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. Georgette Heyer
self mma discipline
With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains Georges St-Pierre
self people looks
I just like watching people who really are not self-conscious, who aren't aware, because I fear that one could become too self-conscious, too artful, as an actor. Sometimes if you look at somebody, you can extrapolate from their exterior what might be happening in their interior. I'm nosy. Harriet Walter
selfish mean sacrifice
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice. Herbie Mann
selfish stubborn bad-things
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.
self-esteem tables esteem
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life. Herbie Hancock
selfish men law
What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man. Herbert Spencer
self feelings jeering
To certain temperaments, especially when previously agitated by any deep feeling, there is perhaps nothing more exasperating, andwhich sooner explodes all self-command, than the coarse, jeering insolence of a porter, cabman, or hack-driver. Herman Melville
self people taught
Many people who excel are self-taught. Herb Ritts
self tactics satire
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate. Herb Caen
self satisfaction smugness
San Franciscans have a bond of self-satisfaction bordering on smugness.
self independence enterprise
All great enterprises are self-supporting. Henry David Thoreau
self-reliance firsts remember
We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking.
self sobriety society
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.
self-esteem book dull
It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.
selfishness firsts helping
In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
self may gains
Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we are placed upon this earth and endowed with freedom.
self people bottom
You're dealing with people who are suiciding slowly. You've got to get to the bottom of what is psychologically motivating them to self-destruct. Jillian Michaels
selfish dirty mean
Selfish isn't a dirty word. It means we take care of ourselves and are able to give back.
self-esteem choices healthy
Transformation is not five minutes from now; it's a present activity. In this moment you can make a different choice, and it's these small choices and successes that build up over time to help cultivate a healthy self-image and self esteem.
self omission quality
Self-conceit is a weighty quality, and will sometimes bring down the scale when there is nothing else in it. It magnifies a fault beyond proportion, and swells every omission into an outrage. Jeremy Collier
selfish believe resilience
Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity. Jennifer Egan
self brain desire
Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum, even if all that possessed the brain was a self-immolating desire for the truth. Jeff Vandermeer
self mathematics evident
Mathematics in general is fundamentally the science of self-evident things. Felix Klein
self america challenges
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect. Ferdinand Marcos