Quotes about self
selfish intelligent individual
The intelligent altruists, though less altruistic than unintelligent altruists, will be fitter than both unintelligent altruists and selfish individuals. Herbert Simon
self definitions information
One-dimensional thought is systematically promoted by the makers of politics and their purveyors of mass information. Their universe of discourse is populated by self-validating hypotheses which, incessantly and monopolistically repeated, become hyponotic definitions of dictations. Herbert Marcuse
self government succeed
Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate. Herbert Hoover
self toil limitless
So there was not an "I" anymore-not a basis on which I could organize my self-respect-save my limitless capacity for toil that it seemed I possessed no more. F. Scott Fitzgerald
selfish great-love people
Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves.
self brave illusion
They were still in the happier stages of love. They were full of brave illusions about each other, tremendous illusions, so that the communion of self with self seemed to be on a plane where no other human relations mattered.
self-confidence giving important
Make-up is the last thing to enhance your beauty, but it's very important because it builds up your self-confidence and gives you more courage. Evelyn Lauder
selfish simple people
My hunch is that people often affiliate with causes online for selfish and narcissistic purposes. Sometimes, it may be as simple as trying to impress their online friends, and once you have fashioned that identity, there is very little reason to actually do anything else. Evgeny Morozov
self denial hardship
... the understatement, the self-ridicule, the delight in the foreignness of foreigners, the complete denial of any attempt to enlist the sympathies of his readers in the hardships he has capriciously invited. Evelyn Waugh
self expression law
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are about status, for example. Or signalling something about oneself. That's why the words chair, seat and bench have found themselves used to describe high status professions, from academia to Parliament to the law. Evan Davis
self people sides
People's weaker side is not necessarily their truer self. Ivy Compton-Burnett
selfishness unselfish persons
A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life.
self yesterday missing
Though I leave the house as little as possible, I have the impression that someone is disturbing my papers. More than once I have discovered that some pages were missing from my manuscripts. A few days afterward I would find the pages in their place again. But often I no longer recognize my manuscripts, as if I had forgotten what I had written, or as if overnight I were so changed that no longer recognized myself in the self of yesterday. Italo Calvino
self dancer creative
The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of her soul...This is the truly creative dancer, natural but not imitative, speaking in movement out of herself and out of something greater than all selves. Isadora Duncan
self-esteem halos conscience
Conscience: self-esteem with a halo. Irving Layton
self saws horror
God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.
self madness misanthrope
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.
self design canvas
He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy my own pictures,' he murmured aloud. 'Then I'd be completely self-sufficient.' Irving Stone
selfish people doe
I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish? Jack Kevorkian
self healthy doubt
I'm a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that's never healthy. J. Cole
selfish comedian
A lot of comedians are selfish. J. B. Smoove
self cures righteousness
The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge. J. C. Ryle
self people shapes
Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.
selfishness want christ
Go to the cross of Christ, all you that want to be delivered from the power of selfishness.
self people savior
A crucified Savior will never be content to have a self-pleasing, self-indulging, worldly-minded people.
self long prejudice
The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices. Isaac Watts
self space mind
No one has ever seen the self. It has no visible shape, nor does it occupy measurable space. It is an abstraction, like other abstractions equally elusive: the individual, the mind, the society Irving Howe
self people community
[Conservatism:] Our revolutionary message ... is that a self-disciplined people can create a political community in which an ordered liberty will promote both economic prosperity and political participation. Irving Kristol
self want employee
Most importantly, we want to create a company where every employee can bring their whole selves to work. Indra Nooyi
selfish believe thinking
I think [G.W.] Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people. Harry Belafonte
self personality core
The core of my personality consists of many selves. Hans Bender
self people doubt
People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd. Hannah Kent
self deception self-deception
The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible. Hannah More