Quotes about self
self world-suffering people
And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused. Martin Sheen
self mind criticism
a self-awareness moment. All of a sudden everything he has done comes flashing into his mind, a self-criticism that is unbearable. Philip Seymour Hoffman
self abandon
Who will adhere to him that abandons himself? Philip Sidney
self nurse care
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for it; and therefore, of all the Grecians, Homer doth ever make Achilles the best armed.
self delicacy causes
There is a certain delicacy which in yielding conquers; and with a pitiful look makes one find cause to crave help one's self.
self silence mind
Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind. Philip Roth
self causes needs
A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption. Peter Dunne
self abuse celibacy
Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse. Peter De Vries
self nerd serious
I'm a self-confessed genre nerd. I'm a very serious actor, but a genre nerd, all the same. Penelope Mitchell
self inheritance sexuality
Our sexual self is a complex combination of our social, cultural, and biological inheritance. Pepper Schwartz
self-improvement transformation
Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom. Paulo Coelho
self people behavior
People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others. Marisha Pessl
self being-a-woman conscious
If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me. Marissa Mayer
self realization doe
The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim. Marianne Moore
self talent conscious
My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them. Meghan O'Rourke
self shining fronts
I can let my true self shine in front of God. Megan McCafferty
self long people
I've always at least tried to be self-deprecating when I say anything about myself. As long as you set the bar low, it will keep people from putting you on a pedestal, so they can't knock you off. Megan Fox
self loathing neurotic
I'm self-loathing, introverted, and neurotic.
self lord
Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord?. Max Muller
self kansas heaven
The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick. Max Lucado
self-confidence age weakness
For inside all the weakness of old age, the spirit, God knows, is as mercurial as it ever was. May Sarton
self innocence pure
Innocence is not pure so much as pleased, Always expectant, bright-eyed, self-enclosed
self class two
... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence.
self people solitude
Once more I realize that solitude is my element, and the reason is that extreme awareness of other people (all naturally solitary people must feel this) precludes awareness of one's self, so after a while the self no longer knows that it exists.
self long machines
For a long time now, every meeting with another human being has been the reverberations after even the simplest conversation. But the deep collision is and has been with my unregenerate, tormenting and tormented self...I am unable to become what I see. I feel like an inadequate machine, a machine that breaks down at crucial moments, grinds to a dreadful halt, "won't go"...
self pleasure conscious
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. Max Eastman
selfish rap mean
I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do for you. Matthew McConaughey
self actors stuff
I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff. Matthew Lewis
selfish mind evolution
Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative. Matt Ridley
self feminist black-motivational
I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. Maya Angelou
self-esteem self-confidence apollo
Inscribed on the temple of Apollo
self-esteem over-you purpose
The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose. Marianne Williamson
self miracle true-self
When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.