Quotes about self
selfish men thinking
Men are selfish and don't think about anything else but them self." pg. 45 Sherry Argov
self-esteem thinking people
It's that a bit of irreverence is necessary to have any self-esteem at all. Not irreverence for people, but rather, for what other people think.
selfish hate heart
Disease. Filth. Waste. Crime. Brutality. What’s there to like? (Solin) There’s brutality on Olympus. (Arik) True. But I hate humanity as much as I hate the gods. Both groups are selfish bastards bent on destroying everything around them. They were given a perfect world and rather than enjoy it, they’d rather destroy it and each other. Excuse me if I don’t look at them with love in my eyes but rather scorn in my heart. (Solin) Sherrilyn Kenyon
self imperfection deny
Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood. Nicolas Chamfort
self purpose pity
...trade the life of self pity, that I was living, for a life of purpose! - Rebekah - Nick Vujicic
self ego fiction
There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered and ego-driven, which is the death of a memoir. Nick Flynn
self order ego
Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it’s purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it’s going to fail.
self personality rude
When the excessively shy force themselves to be forward, they are frequently surprisingly unsubtle and overdirect and even rude: they have entered an extreme region beyond their normal personality, an area of social crime where gradations don't count; unavailable to them are the instincts and taboos that booming extroverts, who know the territory of self-advancement far better, can rely on. Nicholson Baker
self cities two
New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States. (The other is San Francisco.) Nora Ephron
self
The enslaving of the other is also the enslaving of the self. Nikolai Berdyaev
self revealing-something way
Self-portraits are a way of revealing something about oneself. Eric Kandel
selfish passion exercise
There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice. Eric Hoffer
self frustrated desire
The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self and begin a new life. They try to realize this desire either by finding a new identity or by blurring and camouflaging their individual distinctness; and both these ends are reached by imitation.
self-confidence frustration artist
Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and of the poor writer, artist, and scientist in the full possession of creative powers. Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out. The decline of handicrafts in modern times is perhaps one of the causes for the rise of frustration and the increased susceptibility of the individual to mass movements.
self expression support
Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own...Whether it our own meaningless self we are upholding, or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.
self extinction matter
The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.
self self-respect rudeness
Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.
self roots our-world
It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.
self anxiety abuse
A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness and meaningless of an individual existence. It cures the poignantly frustrated not by conferring upon them an absolute truth or by remedying the difficulties and abuses which made their lives miserable, but by freeing them from their ineffectual selves and it does this by enfolding and absorbing them into a closely knit and exultant corporate whole.
self-esteem humility vanity
The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
self righteousness manifestation
Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.
self-confidence hands ability
Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out.
self doubt poison
It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.
self denial harsh
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others.
self people silence
Our doubts about ourselves cannot be banished except by working at that which is the one and only thing we know we ought to do. Other people's assertions cannot silence the howling dirge within us. It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.
selfish needs self-righteous
It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous.
self-esteem literature odor
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
self miracle corny
Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
self creative flow
The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow dries up, all we have left is our importance.
self vanity support
We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.
self-esteem humility vanity
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
self trying ethics
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.
self burning way
The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft.