Quotes about self
self mirrors made
Do not tell me what to do, tell me what you do. Do not tell me what is good for me, tell me what is good for you. If, at the same time, you reveal the you in me, if you become a mirror to my inner self, then you have made a reader and a friend. George A. Sheehan
self people
The more that we self-analyze ourselves, the nicer we are to people and to ourselves, and the more we understand each other. Geoff Johns
self people identity
With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are. Geoff Mulgan
self cards credit
L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.
self-esteem character sides
Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product of unambiguous moral education? Garry Trudeau
self world sides
Values-oriented foreign policy of the free world would be much better, supported by the self-awareness of being on the right side of history. Garry Kasparov
self development spinning
One hour spent in spinning should be an hour of self-development for the spinner. Mahatma Gandhi
self hands spinning
If hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise.
self secret gita
To one who reads the spirit of the Gita, it teaches the secret of nonviolence, the secret of realizing self through the physical body.
self realization way
The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.
self realization scripture
Self-realization is the object of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures.
self toil habit
A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.
selfless mass selfless-service
Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.
selfishness blind
Selfishness is blind.
self-esteem thinking suffering
I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. James Taylor
self certainty-of-death play
We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves. James Thurber
self taught-us worry
But, if recent history has taught us anything, it’s that self-regulation doesn’t work in finance, and that worries about reputation are a weak deterrent to corporate malfeasance. James Surowiecki
self people legacy
Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing.
selfish hero giving
I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish. James Patterson
self promise want
Now that we were alone,i was self-conscious and cranky again.Why had i wanted to stay?if i had been programmed to want to be with dylan,heads were gonna roll,i promise you that.
self-esteem food grit
Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem.
self two fiction
I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that I kept my personal life off-limits; rather, the personal life I put on display was a blend of fact and fiction. James McGreevey
self vices harbors
A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love. James Mackintosh
self psychology development
The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology. James Mark Baldwin
self two consciousness
In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.
self people leader
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership. James MacGregor Burns
selfishness suffrage meanness
We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness. James Martineau
self germs constitution
It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants in the Constitution itself necessary usurpations of power, every precedent of which is a germ of unnecessary and multiplied repetitions. James Madison
self mind religion
[The human mind] finds more facility in assenting to the self-existence of an invisible cause possessing infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, than in the self-existence of the universe, visibly destitute of these attributes, and which may be the effect of them.
selfish men human-nature
Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being.
self media political
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech. James L. Buckley
self denial self-denial
There has to be some self-denial. Joe Paterno
self discipline quality
The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness. Joe Nichols