Quotes about self
self-confidence expression people
You can't help people being right for the wrong reasons...This fear of finding oneself in bad company is not an expression of political purity; it is an expression of a lack of self-confidence. Arthur Koestler
selfish party men
I have repeatedly stressed that the selfish impulses of man constitute a much less historic danger than his integrative tendencies. To put it in the simplest way: the individual who indulges in an excess of aggressive self-assertiveness incurs the penalties of society-he outlaws himself, he contracts out of the hierarchy. The true believer, on the other hand, becomes more closely knit into it; he enters the womb of his church, or party, or whatever the social holon to which he surrenders his identity.
self individual tendencies
The integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.
self society tests
one of the tests of a theory is that, once grasped, it appears self-evident.
self realization existence
Self-realization and self-fulfilment are the sine qua non for human existence. Arthur Miller
self humans human-beings
It was not really possible to understand oneself, let alone another human being.
self threw
She threw a lot better. She was back to her old self.
self focus littles
I realized through my personal travels how little I know about certain conflicts, because I was too vain or self-absorbed to ask the questions. That's been the focus while I'm in my thirties - to become an accomplished woman, rather than some actress. Diane Kruger
selfish media people
Yet, while producing increasingly selfish people, the mantra of the Left, and therefore of the universities and the media, has been for generations that capitalism and the free market, not the welfare state, produces selfish people. Dennis Prager
self-esteem debt produce
The only thing socialists produce is debt and self-esteem
self deceit affection
Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders. Demosthenes
self deceit easier
Nothing is easier than self-deceit.
self-esteem lows self
So many comics have such low self-esteem. Debra Wilson
self way calm
Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism. Dee Dee Myers
self decision doubt
I have more self-doubt than any writer I've ever known.... The positive aspect of self-doubt - if you can channel it into useful activity instead of being paralyzed by it - is that by the time you reach the end of a novel, you know precisely why you made every decision in the narrative, the multiple purposes of every metaphor and image. Dean Koontz
self hands knowing
It is remarkable how I am never quite clear about the motives for any of my decisions. Is that a sign of confusion or inner dishonesty or is it a sign that we are guided without our knowing or is it both ...The reasons one gives for an action to others and to one's self are certainly inadequate. One can give a reason for everything. In the last resort one acts from a level which remains hidden from us. So one can only ask God to judge us and to forgive us.... At the end of the day I can only ask God to give a merciful judgement on today and all its decisions. It is now in his hand. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
self fool facts
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel.
self torture thirst
Perversity is the human thirst for self-torture. Edgar Allan Poe
self-confidence self
I have more self-confidence than I did when I was in my 20s. Eleanor Mondale
self perspective exclusion
It is a mark of the depth of their wounding that they are pretending they suspected it all along. Everything that they have seen and been told about love so far has been an inside perspective, and they are not prepared for the crashing weight of this exclusion. It dawns on them now how much they never saw and how little they were wanted, and with this dawning comes a painful re-imagining of the self as peripheral, uninvited, and utterly minor. Eleanor Catton
self-esteem men imagination
For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.
self laughing self-control
Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place. Elbert Hubbard
self justice form
Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves.
self goal evolution
The goal of evolution is self - conquest
self-esteem men average
The average man plays to the gallery of his own self-esteem.
self discipline should
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
self care objections
I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control. Eleanor Roosevelt
self-control answers
Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words. Eileen Caddy
self-esteem thinking long
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. Edsger Dijkstra
self objectivity moral
There comes a point, in literary objectivity, when the author's self- effacement is hard to distinguish from moral cowardice. Edward Abbey
self revolution causes
All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self- justifying -- a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.
self obedience nicomachean-ethics
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules. Aristotle
self fleeting growing
True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you're having is immediate gratification pleasure, which is fleeting and doesn't grow you as a person.