Quotes about self
self justice presidential
Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor. John F. Kennedy
self manhattan brooklyn
Apparently Brooklyn needn't always push itself to be something else, something conscious and anxious, something pointed toward Manhattan.... Brooklyn might sometimes also be pleased, as here on Flatbush, to be its grubby, enduring self. Jonathan Lethem
self self-pity pity
But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps.
self emotion transcendence
Awe is the emotion of self-transcendence. Jonathan Haidt
selfish party thinking
Liberals have difficulty understanding the Tea Party because they think it is a bunch of selfish racists. But I think the Tea Party is driven in large part by concerns about fairness.
self greek soul
Here was a torture that Greek inventors of the Feast and the Stone had omitted from their Hades: the Blanket of Self-Deception. A lovely warm blanket as far as it covered the soul in torment, but it never quite covered everything. Jonathan Franzen
self different kind
So, what, you got cigarette burns, too?" Gitanes said. Chip showed his palm, "It's nothing." "Self-inflicted. You pathetic American." "Different kind of prison" Chip said.
self people ends
It seems to me self-evident that if you have a life, things happen in it, and certain things do change; certain things end. People you know die.
selfishness naked world
If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out of the world, at last, naked and forlorn, to everlasting poverty and contempt. Jonathan Edwards
self decree should
Whether God has decreed all things that ever come to pass or not, all that own the being of a God, own that He knows all things beforehand. Now, it is self-evident that if He knows all things beforehand, He either doth approve of them or doth not approve of them; that is, He either is willing they should be, or He is not willing they should be. But to will that they should be is to decree them.
self examination action
Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action
self hatred self-hatred
I promote my own self-hatred. Jonathan Ames
self people perception
I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.
self epidemics entrepreneur
It is possible to create an epidemic of health which is self-organizing and self-propelling. Jonas Salk
self expression quality
I compose most of my tweets with care, as if they were aphorisms - they are not usually dashed-off. Sometimes I'm surprised by the high, poetic quality of Twitter - it lends itself to a surreal sort of self-expression. Joyce Carol Oates
selfish evil behavior
Evil isn't a cosmological riddle, only just selfish human behavior.
self speech roaming
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary speech is usually corrected when it's transcribed into written prose.
self loathing self-loathing
Nothing is loathsomer than the self-loathing of a self one loathes. John Barth
self news self-knowledge
Self knowledge is always bad news.
self arrogant impatient
I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant. John Banville
self doubt self-doubt
I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure.
self soul layers
I shall strip away layer after layer of grime -- the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling -- until I come to the very thing itself and know it for what it is. My soul. My self.
self doe salary
Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone’s privacy, to destroy someone’s sense of self. Jodie Foster
self-esteem snacks childhood
Back to my childhood where those monsters reside. They snack on innocence and dine on self esteem. Jimmy Buffett
selfish people faults
People are just self-centered-it's all about them. And we're telling people it's okay to be 'all about you' because you're a victim and it's not your fault. That's why society has gotten more and more belligerent and selfish. Jim Norton
self-esteem men coquette
She who only finds her self-esteem In others' admiration, begs an alms; Depends on others for her daily food, And is the very servant of her slaves; Tho' oftentimes, in a fantastic hour, O'er men she may a childish pow'r exert, Which not ennobles but degrades her state. Joanna Baillie
self boss pay
Simply making consistent investments in our self-education and knowledge banks pays major dividends throughout our lives. Jim Rohn
self-improvement firsts better-person
Those who seek a better life must first become a better person.
self-esteem discipline erode
The least lack of discipline starts to erode our self-esteem.
self insecurity poverty
Self-preservation has a tendency to lead to poverty.
self-esteem self-confidence critical-decisions
The greatest step toward success is self confidence. The greatest builder of self confidence is self esteem, and self esteem comes from doing the daily things you know you should do. Your self esteem will start to soar when you make some critical decisions - decisions to walk a new road, to start a new direction, to start a new discipline.
self-confidence self accomplishment
The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence .
self-improvement influence
What you become directly influences what you get.