Quotes about self
self world weapons
For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions. Margaret Thatcher
selfish taken heart
I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. I speak as simply as possible because the issue is too great to be obscured by eloquence. I speak simply and briefly in the hope that my words will be taken to heart. Margaret Chase Smith
self rushing serenity
The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a life that dealt with excitement, tragedy, mass calamities, human triumphs and suffering. To throw my whole self into recording and attempting to understand these things, I needed an inner serenity as a kind of balance. Margaret Bourke-White
self connections modesty
In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness. Margaret Deland
selfish opportunity journey
That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us. Margaret Cho
self bridges mad
In his student days, he used to argue that if a woman has no other course open to her but starvation, prostitution, or throwing herself from a bridge, then surely the prostitute, who has shown the most tenacious instinct for self-preservation, should be considered stronger and saner than her frailer and no longer living sisters. One couldn't have it both ways, he'd pointed out: if women are seduced and abandoned they're supposed to go mad, but if they survive, and seduce in their turn, then they were mad to begin with. Margaret Atwood
self society requirements
It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of self-approval. Mark Twain
self-esteem men average
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.
self-esteem facts difficult
The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
self self-respect compliment
An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self-respect.
self-confidence
When you are alone you are all your own. Leonardo da Vinci
self tragedy denial
The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. Oscar Wilde
self shining atheism
Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
self-respect indifference should
One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.
selfish flower garden
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.
self years entrepreneur
Fair Trade is a market-based, entrepreneurial response to business as usual: it helps third-word farmers developing direct market access as well as the organizational and management capacity to add value to their products and take them directly to the global market. Direct trade, a fair price, access to capital and local capacity-building, which are the core strategies of this model, have been successfully building farmers' incomes and self-reliance for more than 50 years. Paul Rice
selfish games two
Marriage is just an elaborate game that allows two selfish people to periodically feel that they're not. Paul Reiser
self who-i-am needs
No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am. Lily Collins
self defense apathy
Apathy is the self-defense of the powerless. Letty Cottin Pogrebin
self-esteem funny-things giving
Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving. Lev Grossman
self reproach wretchedness
There is no wretchedness like self-reproach. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
self long generations
Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument. Leon Kass
self people want
Keep your sense of self; don't get caught up in what people want you to be. LeAnn Rimes
selfish violet emotion
Huamns, uregulated, are cruel and capricious; violet and selfish; miserable and quarrelsome. It is only after their instincts and basic emotions have been controlled that they can be happy, generous, and good. Lauren Oliver
selfishness disease amor
Amor deliria nervosa isn't a disease of love. It's a disease of selfishness.
self hands smell
The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has Perl. Larry Wall
self-esteem philosophy political
Socialism is, among other things, the political habitat of low self-esteem, incompetence, self-loathing, and a willingness to steal - or have stolen for you what you are unable or unwilling to work for. Socialism is a philosophy fit only for slugs, leaches, and mosquitoes. L. Neil Smith
self east world
One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history. P. J. O'Rourke
self white people
Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but whatever it is, I don't have it. Paul Mooney
self sacred being-true
Your self is sacred; be true to it. Paul Brunton
self ego able
The ego will always be able to find ways to keep the aspirant busy in self-improvement, thus binding him or her to the fact that the self is still there behind all the improvements. For why should the ego kill itself?
self people honor
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.
self harmony be-good
To be good is to be in harmony with one's self.