Quotes about self
self long glitter
What's it like then?" asked Old Bailey. "Being dead?" The marquis sighed. And then he twisted his lips up into a smile, and with a glitter of his old self, he replied, "Live long enough, Old Bailey, and you can find out for yourself. Neil Gaiman
self people empathy
Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.
self world sin
The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness. John Piper
self-esteem healing soul
We are all starved for the glory of God, not self. No one goes to the Grand Canyon to increase self-esteem. Why do we go? Because there is greater healing for the soul in beholding splendor than there is in beholding self.
self kind restless
Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self. John Novak
self law defense
As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and we may also use force consistent with our inherent right of national self-defense. John O. Brennan
selfish conceited rights
How narrow we selfish conceited creatures are in our sympathies! How blind to the rights of all the rest of creation! John Muir
selfish law people
It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature. John von Neumann
self stranger individual
The individual who has become a stranger to himself has lost the capacity for genuine self-renewal. John W. Gardner
self-confidence successful essence
The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence. John Rosemond
self denial worst
The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. John Sterling
self intuition natural-instinct
Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.
self views feet
All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size. John Stott
self bored comfort
I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against the world as it is, and myself as I am, are submerged in listless self-satisfaction. John Steinbeck
self-esteem self-love acquaintance
It requires self-esteem to receive-not self-love but just a pleasant acquaintance and liking for oneself.
self matter spirit
It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become. Libba Bray
self risk independence
It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now--independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back one's own conviction against a majority, and the willingness to voluntary cooperation with one's neighbors--are essentially those on which the of an individualist society rests. Collectivism has nothing to put in their place, and in so far as it already has destroyed then it has left a void filled by nothing but the demand for obedience and the compulsion of the individual to what is collectively decided to be good. Friedrich August von Hayek
self-esteem heaven hell
I am my own heaven and hell! Friedrich Schiller
self concern knows
To know thyself--in others self-concern; Would'st thou know others? read thyself--and learn!
self world interest
For the world is only governed by self-interest.
self-esteem average above-average
The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
self essence helping
Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition. Franklin D. Roosevelt
self individual-effort civilization
To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.
selfish war ill-will
A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments, of shortening tempers--a situation which has in it many of the elements that lead to the tragedy of general war.... Peace is threatened by those who seek selfish power.
selfish criticism grind
We know that there are chiselers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private axe to grind.
self-esteem men thinking
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
selfish men eagles
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
self forever republic
The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.
self profound understanding
Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense. George Friedman
self iraq people
The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast majority of the people of Iraq are against the occupation of Iraq by the American and British forces. George Galloway
self england band
The Who, England's most self-conscious band, have released 'Quadrophenia,' which in turn freezes in time our image of the mid-Sixties Mod sensibility. Jon Landau
self practice world
Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world. Jon Kabat-Zinn
self joy body
Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is. Joko Beck