Quotes about self
selfish thinking ego
I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly. K. D. Lang
self arrogance individual
An individual's arrogance is always in proportion to his lack of self-assurance. Otto Weininger
self common mets
I have met a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common. Ouida
selfish people wish
Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.
self imagination people
I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my imagination on other people and on life. Oskar Kokoschka
self-esteem world antiques
Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written. Oscar Wilde
selfish people secret
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
selfish people wish
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes infinite variety of type as a delightful thing, accepts it, acquiesces in it, enjoys it.
self-esteem people trying
I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem. Kanye West
self-esteem association needs
Brands are selling our self-esteem back to us, through association. We need to own our brands.
self-worth self misery
Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery. Julie Walters
selfish should-have victory
When I read the Bible, I see that we should have victory in our life and be overcomers, and I can't even control my temper. I'm impatient. I'm hard to get along with. I'm selfish and self-centered, and I don't seem to have any control over it. Joyce Meyer
selfish impossible
It is impossible to be both selfish and happy
self soul mind
Your soul is your mind, your will and your emotions. When the Word gets rooted in there and begins to change your mind, it begins to heal your emotions and turn your will away from self-will and onto doing the will of God.
self-confidence self needs
We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence
self-esteem prove esteem
You're not free, unless you come to the place where you have nothing to prove.
self unity principles
I have given no definition of love. This is impossible, because there is no higher principle by which it could be defined. It is life itself in its actual unity. The forms and structures in which love embodies itself are the forms and structures in which love overcomes its self-destructive forces. Paul Tillich
self vanishing improvement
The greatest justification for travel is not self-improvement but rather performing a vanishing act, disappearing without a trace. Paul Theroux
self individuality conformity
I am neither for conformity nor non-conformity. I am for individuality. If one's individuality is in effect non-conformity, then so be it. But basically, one's individuality consists of conformity--to one's self. Paul Krassner
self ideas australia
The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike out in a new direction, in a new way, armed with our own self-regard, our own confidence and fully appreciating our own uniqueness. All other roads will lead us into the shadow of great powers. Paul Keating
self drawing lines
In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better. Paul Klee
self play light
Each energy calls for its complementary energy to achieve self-contained stability based on the play of energies.
self grandfather inward
Our grandfathers lived in a world of largely self-sufficient, inward-looking national economies — but our great-great grandfathers lived, as we do, in a world of large-scale international trade and investment, a world destroyed by nationalism. Paul Krugman
self details awareness
Through conscious beings the universe has generated self-awareness. This can be no trivial detail, no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here. Paul Davies
self-esteem normal haha
Good! Hang in there! It's normal! [Low self-esteem] Often it's a sign of intelligence (but don't let that go to your head haha) Patrick Stump
selfish arrogant world
Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world
self views political
And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy. Patrick Dempsey
self mind denial
Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone. John Piper
self-esteem men evil
According to the spirit of this age, the ultimate sin is no longer the failure to honor and thank God but the failure to esteem oneself. Self-abasement, not God-abasement, is the evil. And the cry of deliverance is not "O wretched man that I am, who will deliver me?" but "O worthy man that I am, would that I could only see it better"!
self-esteem biblical pride
It horribly skews the meaning of the cross when contemporary prophets of self-esteem say that the cross is a witness to my infinite worth. The biblical perspective is that the cross in a witness to the infinite worth of God's glory, and a witness to the immensity of the sin of my pride.
self president facts
Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president. Martin O'Malley
self-confidence law ideas
The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives. Martin Luther
self errors language
...In another time, What cannot be seen will define us, and we shall be prompted To say that language is error, and all things are wronged By representation. The self, we shall say, can never be Seen with a disguise, and never be seen without one. Mark Strand