The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back. Votes: 6
Bryant H. McGillIf you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. Votes: 6
Marcus GarveyWe have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. Votes: 6
May SartonBeing cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do. Votes: 6
Vanessa HudgensThere is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. Votes: 6
Aldous HuxleyLove between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial. Votes: 4
Pope John Paul III think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. Votes: 4
Billie Jean KingThere are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. Votes: 4
Benjamin FranklinTrust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Votes: 4
Golda MeirTears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. Votes: 4
Billy GrahamTo go beyond karma you have to end the structure of self.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellSelf-realization is liberation. Liberation is self-realization.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellBody love is more than acceptance of self or the acceptance of the body. Body love is about self-worth in general. It's more than our physical appearance. Votes: 1 Mary Lambert
The role of the therapist is to reflect the being/accepting self that was never allowed to be in the borderline. Votes: 3 Michael Adzema
All that self-control stuff, I tried all that stuff from analysts. I went everywhere to these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. 'Get rid of my temper, get rid of my temper.' And there was only one guy who just said, 'I don't think this is related to, uh, issues. I think there has got to be something wrong.' Votes: 1 Harvey Weinstein
Bring the best of your Authentic Self to every opportunity. Votes: 5 John Jantsch
Ritual disposal of the dead speaks clearly of an awareness of death, and thus an awareness of self. Votes: 3 Richard Leakey
I think self-criticism is sort of a given when you're an actor. It's also about being curious and not being flippant. Anyone who accepts being in this noble profession is automatically self-critical. Votes: 1 James Earl Jones
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. Votes: 1 Billie Jean King
If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical. Votes: 4 Matt Gonzalez
I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider. Votes: 1 Jhonen Vasquez
Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully. Votes: 1 Daniel Radcliffe
I'm calculating, self-sufficient, reserved, and I enjoy being alone. Votes: 1 Melissa Sue Anderson
When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that's what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self. Votes: 3 Jennifer Lopez
The confidence you need is belief in your potential. If you see world-class potential in yourself, you'll put in the effort. If you don't see the potential, you won't put in the effort and you'll wait for the performance, and the performance always follows the belief in self. Votes: 5 Denis Waitley
I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it. Votes: 1 Aleksandar Hemon
I naively thought I would quit television writing, move up to Seattle, my novel would come out, and then I'd have a novel writing career, and so I found myself really stuck in this very poisonous self-pitying state and felt like I'd never write again. And I blamed Seattle for that. Votes: 2 Maria Semple
Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths. Votes: 4 Rumi
You are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unfold. That is how important you are! Votes: 3 Eckhart Tolle
For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur. Votes: 1 Hill Harper
Why building self esteem?. The benefits of having self esteem are numerous. Self esteem is strongly associated with happiness, psychological resilience, and a motivating to live a productive and healthy life. Votes: 5 Glenn R. Schiraldi
The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior. Votes: 3 Maxwell Maltz
Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish. Votes: 1 Harvey Mackay
The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and internal suppression of the life urge of the only one - of its faith in human sacrifice as a means of salvation. Votes: 3 Louis Sullivan
Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement. Votes: 1 Anthony J. D'Angelo
My mother's death put me in touch with my most savage self. As I've grown up and come to terms with her death and accepted it, the pieces of her that I keep don't exist materially. Votes: 2 Cheryl Strayed
Repentance is more than just sorrow for the past; repentance is a change of mind and heart, a new life of denying self and serving the Savior as king in self's place. Votes: 2 J. I. Packer
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. Votes: 1 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
The most important use of NVC may be in developing self-compassion. Votes: 3 Marshall B. Rosenberg
Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society, hence they do not believe in vote begging, nor political campaigns, but rather in the development of self-thinking individuals Votes: 3 Lucy Parsons
Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are. Votes: 1 Peggy Noonan
By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Votes: 2 Grenville Kleiser
The delights of self-discovery are always available. Votes: 2 Gail Sheehy
There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty and honor and love immortal things bid the mortal perish. It is only when a man supremely gives that he supremely finds Votes: 4 Joshua Chamberlain
Let us die as soon as possible, and by whatever process God shall appoint. And when we are dead to the world, and nature, and self, we shall begin to live to God. Votes: 3 Adoniram Judson
Human beings are 'emotional amoral egoists,' driven above all by emotional self-interest. All of our thoughts, beliefs and motivations are neurochemically mediated, some predetermined for survival, others alterable. Votes: 3 Nayef Al-Rodhan
A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son. Votes: 1 William Graham Sumner
The goal of art was the vital expression of self. Votes: 4 Alfred Stieglitz
My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though. Votes: 1 Richard Griffiths
Every relationship will suffer to some degree without finding self-acceptance and treating yourself like your own best friend. Votes: 3 L.K. Elliott
Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in the third act of your life. It's about overcoming trauma and the idea of true sacrifice. Votes: 1 Jason Reitman
The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service. Votes: 3 Marianne Williamson
If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being. Votes: 3 James E. Faust
Psychologists and economists love to talk about the notion of two selves: present self and future self. It's a nice way to explain the tendency to have one preference about the future, but a very different preference when the future becomes the present. Votes: 4 Daniel Goldstein
Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good for their confidence. Votes: 1 Amy Chua
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self. Votes: 1 John Milton
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. Votes: 2 Clint Eastwood
Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else. Votes: 2 Nathaniel Branden
If you want to learn to trust your vibes, you must maintain a peaceful and relatively calm attitude. When you're tense, nervous, or anxious, your energy gets tangled up and blocked and can't enter your heart center, where your Higher Self and your vibes communicate. Votes: 3 Sonia Choquette
The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from. Votes: 4 Clarence Clemons
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal. Votes: 1 Morarji Desai
You can always hold out for something better when you know your self worth. Votes: 4 Bryant McGill
For a human being, to possess a consciously experienced first-person perspective means to have acquired a very specific functional profile and distinctive level of representational content in one's currently active phenomenal self-model: It has, episodically, become a dynamic inner model of a knowing self. Votes: 3 Thomas Metzinger
In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. Votes: 4 Jean Piaget
If I were a bad black comic I would name my special, Yo mama, and other stories of a lack of self awareness. Votes: 3 Dov Davidoff
Our greatest weakness is lack of self-confidence. Votes: 3 Angela Ahrendts
A good novel is an out-of-self experience. It lifts you off the ground so that you have the sensation of flying. It says, 'Look at the world around you; learn from the people in these pages, neither quite me nor quite you, how life is lived in so many different ways.' Votes: 1 Julia Glass
I love advertising, because I love self-promotion. I love mirror time, which is Me Time. Votes: 3 Jarod Kintz
When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive. Votes: 3 Wayne Dyer
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. Votes: 1 Thomas Hughes
Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure. Votes: 1 Phylicia Rashad
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering. Votes: 1 Elizabeth Berkley
I know from personal experience how fear and low self worth can cripple one's ability to succeed in life. But with a little support, caring and inspiration, miracles can happen. Votes: 3 Richard Hatch
Technology has already opened the door a bit wider for filmmakers, with smaller digital cameras making production less cumbersome. Social media is allowing self-distribution, and girl groups like Spark Summit are leading the way in calling for fewer Photoshop image alterations of girls in print media. Votes: 1 Sharon Lawrence
My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs. Votes: 3 Chris Kattan
As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me. Votes: 3 Walter de La Mare
Enormity of the stakes became the new self-hypnosis. Votes: 3 Barbara W. Tuchman
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Votes: 1 Henri Frederic Amiel
Don't look now, but that's my ex over there." Surely I'm not the only one who takes "don't look now" as "there's no better time than now." I looked. "Bad, Ali!" Another slap to my arm. "Bad, bad, bad Ali! Have you no self control? Votes: 3 Gena Showalter
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. Votes: 1 Marianne Williamson
Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there's always beer. Votes: 2 Norm MacDonald
A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes. Votes: 3 Clare Boothe Luce
What is the nature of that place where our original self is one with its longing to explore its own deepest possibilities, and where discovering the treasures waiting there is the same as fulfilling our purpose for being? Votes: 3 Guy Finley
Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal and necessary Votes: 3 Doreen Virtue
I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them. Votes: 1 Joyce Meyer
Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again. Votes: 1 David D. Burns
Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. Votes: 1 Vaclav Havel
As consciousness expands, so does perception of self. Votes: 3 Erin Fall Haskell
People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much. Votes: 1 Paddy Considine
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. Votes: 3 Joyce Brothers
I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do. Votes: 3 Rosalind Wiseman
A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues. Votes: 5 Abraham Maslow
It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than (one) film. Votes: 3 Ryan Gosling
I'm proud, I've been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you. Votes: 1 Islom Karimov
I'm proud, I've been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you. Votes: 2 Islom Karimov
I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century. Votes: 1 Werner Herzog
Most of us are not pure self-starters; most people need role models, they need coaches, they need exemplars, they maybe need some discipline or some rewards. We need to be motivated. Votes: 3 Tyler Cowen
Your Real Self is the permanent atom of your identity, the rock of ages that remains unmoved by the restless tides of life. Votes: 3 Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion. Votes: 2 Suzan-Lori Parks
The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are. Votes: 1 Baz Luhrmann
In virtually every Western society in the 1960s there was a moral revolution, an abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint. Votes: 1 Jonathan Sacks
Confidence is something you acquire in yourself by believing in self ability with courage and conviction. Votes: 3 Anil Sinha
Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. Votes: 5 Kanye West
Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle. Votes: 1 Ben Lewin
No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance. Votes: 4 Robert Holden
My whole journey has been about self-acceptance. Votes: 1 Jordin Sparks
Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values. Votes: 5 Abraham Maslow
Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!' Votes: 1 Ashwin Sanghi
We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him. Votes: 5 Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is great to be introspective, self analysis can be useful, but only if it results in action. Votes: 6 Joe Sacco
True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There's no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected. Votes: 4 Nhat Hanh
My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance. Votes: 1 Ron Perlman
The art of appreciation begins with self appreciation. Votes: 3 Amit Abraham
Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim. Votes: 5 LZ Granderson
Confidence and empowerment are cousins in my opinion. Empowerment comes from within and typically it's stemmed and fostered by self-assurance. To feel empowered is to feel free and that's when people do their best work. You can't fake confidence or empowerment. Votes: 5 Amy Jo Martin
Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive. Votes: 4 Gerard Way
Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering. Votes: 1 Dalai Lama
Whenever you see people talking about how real they are or how normal they are, it seems odd to have that self awareness that you could potentially not be normal. Votes: 3 Steve Carell
Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that. Votes: 0 Michael McKean
The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body. Votes: 7 George A. Sheehan
Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.' Votes: 1 Jeffrey R. Immelt
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit. Votes: 1 John C. Maxwell
Muhammad is more human, more self-doubting, even self-tortured at times. His story is full of adventure, intrigue, betrayal. Votes: 1 Deepak Chopra
The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability. Votes: 1 Simon Mainwaring
When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks. Votes: 1 Jessie Matthews
In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel "burnout" setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective. Votes: 4 Dalai Lama
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy. Votes: 3 Dick Cavett
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself. Votes: 1 Milos Forman
I like kindness. Who doesn't? Life is definitely too short for self-centered, abusive people. Votes: 1 Ellen Greene
Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. Votes: 5 Richard Paul Evans
The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology. Votes: 1 E. F. Schumacher
I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company. Votes: 3 Zoe Saldana
Self-compassion-being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure-is associated with more motivation and better self-control. Votes: 4 Kelly McGonigal
The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. Votes: 1 Major Owens
We have a mental block inside us that stops us from earning more than we think we are worth. If we want to earn more in reality, we have to upgrade our self-concept. Votes: 4 Brian Tracy
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. Votes: 4 David Brinkley
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Votes: 5 Robert A. Heinlein
When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues. Votes: 1 Asghar Farhadi
I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence. Votes: 1 Brian Greene
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. Votes: 5 Ray Bradbury
Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. Votes: 5 Helen Hayes
It's no accident that most self-help groups use 'anonymous' in their names; to Americans, the first step toward redemption is a ritual wiping out of the self, followed by the construction of a new one. Votes: 1 Walter Kirn
Negro producers, Negro distributors, Negro consumers! The world of Negroes can be self contained. We desire earnestly to deal with the rest of the world, but if the rest of the world desire not, we seek not Votes: 3 Marcus Garvey
I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting. Votes: 3 David Thewlis
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. Votes: 1 Elia Kazan
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence. Votes: 7 Franz Kafka
I learned in my Ph.D. the discipline I needed to be successful. Most boxers are not that disciplined. They have talent, but the self-organization - the ability to schedule yourself and your priorities - is lacking. My studies were about the control of training on both the psychological and the physical side. Votes: 2 Wladimir Klitschko
I must learn to love the fool in me - the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. Votes: 1 Theodore Isaac Rubin
We believe in self creation. That's why Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths. Votes: 3 Dalai Lama
Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring. Votes: 6 John Eliot
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which. Votes: 1 Gary Ryan Blair
Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge. Votes: 5 Todd Solondz
The paradox of modernism is, writers make the decision to work with the continuous present, and to work with... stream of consciousness, as it's called, for emotional reasons, and the main emotional reason is verisimilitude. I mean, this is what surprises people: Life is not in the simple past. Votes: 1 Will Self
The negative patterns that form as a result of this self defeating behaviour actually symbolize the negative belief that we nurture. Votes: 3 Stephen Richards
Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. Votes: 3 Imelda Marcos
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed. Votes: 5 Jimmy Carter
Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. Votes: 2 William Lyon Mackenzie King
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor. Votes: 1 Peter Eisenman
Most timidities have such secret compensations and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self depreciation. Votes: 3 Edith Wharton
I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. Votes: 1 John Malkovich
I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away. Votes: 5 Natasha Lyonne
America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive. Votes: 5 John W. Gardner
In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism or self-destructive behaviors that result from trauma. Maybe I Will may help some teens know they're not alone. Votes: 4 Cheryl Rainfield
Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice. Votes: 6 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When Marcus Garvey spoke about self-reliance, he wasn't only talking about people of colour. It's like self-reliance in general, for anyone. Just keep moving and moving within the right direction, and everything will be all right. Votes: 1 Burning Spear
The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline. Votes: 6 Bum Phillips
Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love. Votes: 4 Sidney Jourard
Love is what stands in the way of self discovery, try not to find, it will find you. Votes: 3 Auliq Ice
After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Votes: 5 Sophia Loren
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. Votes: 5 Isaac Asimov
In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life. Votes: 5 Albert Bandura
I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage. Votes: 3 Ken Livingstone
We admire elephants in part because they demonstrate what we consider the finest human traits: empathy, self-awareness, and social intelligence. But the way we treat them puts on display the very worst of human behavior. Votes: 2 Graydon Carter
The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite. Votes: 2 Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Writing is self employment, so you can make your own schedule. Votes: 3 Lois Lowry
I think KISS has always been about celebrating self-empowerment. Celebrating the idea that anything is possible with determination and hard work. Votes: 5 Paul Stanley
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. Votes: 1 Fritz Perls
I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment. Votes: 1 Linda Tripp
Modernism has a reputation for being a forbidding phenomenon: its visual arts disconcertingly non-representational, its literary efforts devoid of the consolations of plot and character - even its films, it's argued, fall well short of that true desideratum: entertainment. Votes: 1 Will Self
Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy. Votes: 6 Wayne Dyer
Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up. Votes: 1 Jack Canfield
Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable. Votes: 5 John Wooden
It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. Votes: 1 Robert Motherwell
When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution. Votes: 1 Stephen Carter
I started to understand that for me, art was no longer about self-expression but about creative engagement with the world. I started to respond in an excited way to making work inside an industry and not feeling the constraints of audience expectation as some kind of thing that I should avoid. Votes: 1 Ayad Akhtar
Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating. Votes: 1 Michael Landon
no journey is complete without our self experience Votes: 3 lity munshi
My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence. Votes: 1 Chris Evans
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. Votes: 6 Pearl S. Buck
War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination. Votes: 1 Bill Moyers
I feel really blessed when people start comparing me with Sachin, but I keep myself focused on my performance and not on such comparisons. I literally worship him, so I don't see too much in this comparison. No cricketer has been able to score one hundred centuries like Sachin. Votes: 3 Virat Kohli
The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it. Votes: 5 Hans-Georg Gadamer
Forgiveness multiplies and melts rigid postures. Try again and again with self forgiveness. Be the kind parent to yourself you may not have had. Votes: 6 Sark
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. Votes: 5 Brian Tracy
Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way. Votes: 5 Noam Chomsky
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery. Votes: 4 Fulton J. Sheen
Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism. Votes: 1 Joe Biden
I am a political animal, because for God's sakes I think "We The People" is a job. I think experienced self government demands on all levels - intellectual, moral, historical, and spiritual level. We are supposed to be engaged and give directions to our elected employees. Votes: 3 Ted Nugent
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Votes: 5 Helen Keller
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual. Votes: 1 Samuel Smiles
Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother. Votes: 1 Russell Baker
Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds It's like adrenaline, the pain is such a sudden rush for me. Votes: 6 Eminem
America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt. Votes: 4 Malcolm X
Self-forgiveness is essential to self-healing. Votes: 4 Ruth Carter Stapleton
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual. Votes: 6 Samuel Smiles
My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess that doughnut? I thought not.) Votes: 3 Alton Brown
I see myself traveling; I see myself with a much bigger living space than I do have right now. I see myself hopefully on a tour bus at some point. Votes: 3 Kat Dahlia
I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly. Votes: 5 Aloe Blacc
There are 2 versions of Self Image. Inner and Outer.Get in touch with the inner self image and dispose of any concept of the outer world. Feel the energy that comes from this image and start being true from source of this energy. The source of god. Votes: 3 Matthew Donnelly
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering. Votes: 1 Elizabeth Berkley
Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image. Votes: 1 Denis Waitley
Where there's self importance, there's only a very little bit of you and that little bit is distorted. It's in a holding pattern that is false to what it knows. That holding pattern forbids you, in that little bit of you, from being the rest of you. Votes: 4 John de Ruiter
I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special. Votes: 3 Mo Rocca
If we would only see that all limitations are self imposed and chosen out of fear, we would leap at once. Votes: 3 Adyashanti
Consciousness turns out to consist of a maelstrom of events distributed across the brain. These events compete for attention, and as one process outshouts the others, the brain rationalizes the outcome after the fact and concocts the impression that a single self was in charge all along. Votes: 1 Steven Pinker
If we bought everything on the Internet, our eyes and mouths and nostrils would probably begin to film over with a tegument - one initially tissue-thin and capable of being removed each morning, but which gradually thickened and hardened until we were imprisoned in our own tiny minds. Votes: 1 Will Self
Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement. Votes: 6 Baltasar Gracian
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. Votes: 1 Jalal Talabani
Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption. Votes: 5 Jimmy Carter
I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival. Votes: 4 Audre Lorde
Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor. Votes: 1 Diego Della Valle
When I cut myself I feel so much better. All the little things that might have been annoying me suddenly seem so trivial, because I'm concentrating on the pain Votes: 5 Richey Edwards
Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers. Votes: 3 Deepak Chopra
In truth, even if they have an imperfect insight into their own methods, I still slightly mistrust writers of fiction who are assured literary critics; it makes me suspect that they favour the word over the world it should describe. Such scribes fall victim too easily to the solecism of equating style with morality. Votes: 1 Will Self
My whole goal is to make good records and keep myself inspired and able to accomplish what I need to accomplish. Votes: 3 James Mercer
Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness. Votes: 1 John Sterling
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. Votes: 8 Napoleon Bonaparte
Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price. Votes: 3 Deborah Kass
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to make herself known, has to allow her own self-awareness to inform the events she describes. Votes: 2 Caroline Knapp
Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than it is with someone 'just doing my job' or the infernal self-checkout machine. Votes: 1 Julian Baggini
Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational. Votes: 3 Boris Kodjoe
The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors. Votes: 1 Samuel Smiles
I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can have lots of irony and jokes. Votes: 1 Jonathan Stroud
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. Votes: 1 Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Transform your world by transforming your internal state. Start by learning to let go of negative self judgment, and replace it with positive and loving thoughts about yourself. Be kind to yourself, and watch your external world change. Votes: 3 Anita Moorjani
The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into the mechanisms of self justification and into his faults instead of freeing him from them. For him, our voice drowns the voice of God. Votes: 3 Paul Tournier
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms. Votes: 7 Khalil Gibran
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit. Votes: 1 John C. Maxwell
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit. Votes: 1 John C. Maxwell
In terms of relationships, I've had two failures, although I don't like to call them failures; they are self learning, and I cannot say I regret any of my relationships. I've always said that I am a much loved woman. Votes: 3 Kate del Castillo
If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago... Votes: 5 Cheri Huber
You have a deeper, wiser, loving self that you can always ask for help. Votes: 4 Annette Funicello
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody. Votes: 5 Joseph Heller
There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. Votes: 4 George Matthew Adams
Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems. Votes: 1 George Packer
The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery. Votes: 5 Reinhold Niebuhr
Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey. Votes: 1 Alexandra Stoddard
There are people who are just suicidal, regardless. They are built to self-destruct. It seems, in my family, like a virus that's resistant to any kind of help or care or medication. Votes: 1 Miriam Toews
If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves! Votes: 4 Joyce Meyer
Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command. Votes: 5 Steven Pressfield
As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses. Votes: 1 Daniel Radcliffe
As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses. Votes: 1 Daniel Radcliffe
The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation. Votes: 4 Friedrich Nietzsche
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self. Votes: 1 James Anthony Froude
The training is a set of interpersonal interactions that lead to emotional and intellectual experiences that provide a circumstance and an intrument for self awareness, self observation and reflection on the circumstances of the subject trainee, both in his individual life and as a social being. Votes: 3 Humberto Maturana
We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them. Votes: 5 Kenneth Branagh
My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession. Votes: 5 Joaquin Phoenix
I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating. Votes: 1 Adam Levine
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. Votes: 1 John Burroughs
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. Votes: 3 Hannah Arendt
What amazes me is how far some people will go to justify their behavior to themselves, just to preserve that self-perception. Votes: 5 Christopher Golden
I respect everything in change and the solemn beauty of life and death... and therefore, while man is amidst the immense beauty of objective bodies, he must possess the capacity of self-perfection and must observe and represent his world with full confidence. Votes: 4 Ansel Adams
The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior. Votes: 1 Maxwell Maltz
I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses. Votes: 1 Gwyneth Paltrow
My philosophy is, it's always very rewarding when you can make an audience laugh. I don't mind making fun of myself. I like self-deprecating comedy. But I'd like you to laugh with me occasionally, too. Votes: 2 Dwayne Johnson
The picture is a self-sufficient work of art. It is not connected to anything outside. Votes: 1 Kurt Schwitters
I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive. Votes: 6 Patty Duke
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. Votes: 4 Frida Kahlo
To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless. Votes: 3 Deepak Chopra
I'm interested in the self. And in the limits and transformations of self. And in self presentation. And in doubt. And in playing with the audience's expectations. But I don't like dressing up like on Halloween. Votes: 4 Rachel Zucker
An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life. Votes: 6 Jose Marti
Financial problems cause distress and loss of self-respect. Votes: 3 Joseph B. Wirthlin
In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better. Votes: 1 Paul Klee
No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being Votes: 3 Roy Keane
It is true that the vast majority of gun deaths in America are not the consequence of the use of an 'assault weapon.' But that begs the question of whether assault weapons have any real utility either in terms of any sporting or self protection needs. Votes: 6 Joe Biden
I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century. Votes: 1 Werner Herzog
Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever. Votes: 1 J. A. Konrath
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com. Votes: 4 Piers Anthony
I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly. Votes: 3 Anne Morrow Lindbergh
My mother's death put me in touch with my most savage self. As I've grown up and come to terms with her death and accepted it, the pieces of her that I keep don't exist materially. Votes: 1 Cheryl Strayed
Self-realisation means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong... Votes: 4 Swami Paramananda
Blossom time has come and many ancient seekers are today getting their Self Realization. Votes: 6 Nirmala Srivastava
Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition. Votes: 5 Louis Sullivan
Valor consists in the power of self recovery. Votes: 3 Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal. Votes: 1 Marianne Faithfull
A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world. Votes: 3 Hans Hofmann
Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. Votes: 4 Barbara de Angelis
Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you. Votes: 1 Stacy London
it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings. Votes: 4 Daisaku Ikeda
Always educate yourself regardless of how old you are. Votes: 3 Eraldo Banovac
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance. Votes: 5 William F. Buckley, Jr.
You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed. Votes: 5 Joan Crawford
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. Votes: 1 Simone Weil
concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security. Votes: 3 Thucydides
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Votes: 6 Maya Angelou
Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control. Votes: 1 Gina Carano
The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it. Votes: 4 Muhammad Ali Jinnah
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Votes: 4 Maya Angelou
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance. Votes: 1 John C. Maxwell
I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else? Votes: 1 Shailene Woodley
I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else? Votes: 1 Shailene Woodley
No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex. Votes: 4 Susan B. Anthony
I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend. Votes: 6 Henry Rollins
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Votes: 5 Theodore Roosevelt
The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are. Votes: 5 Baz Luhrmann
Revolution begins with the self, in the self. Votes: 1 Toni Cade Bambara
Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time. Votes: 8 Dave Van Ronk
The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation. Votes: 6 Charles Spurgeon
Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don't show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin', no matter what. Votes: 5 Steven Pressfield
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation. Votes: 7 Margaret Deland
True happiness cannot not be achieved through wealth, fame or action, But through love, modesty and self satisfaction. Votes: 3 Mouloud Benzadi
I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help. Votes: 1 Barton Gellman
He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed. He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression. He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance. Votes: 2 Moshe Safdie
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? Votes: 1 Ralph Waldo Emerson
I went to a massage parlor, it was self service. Votes: 3 Rodney Dangerfield
I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened. Votes: 3 Jock Sturges
One of the most heartening phenomena in today's Britain is the great diversity of the modern nerd - the nerd is out and proud, and while she may love 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' merchandise more than is strictly warranted, she is in every way to be cherished as an exemplar of cosmopolitanism and tolerance. Votes: 1 Will Self
Be a self-starter. Do it now! When you don't know how to do something, start. Beware of the paralysis of analysis. Be a person of action. Votes: 4 Mamie McCullough
I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is something that doesn't really get enough attention. Everybody struggles with feeling alone or that they are going through something they don't quite understand. Votes: 1 Brittany Snow
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. Votes: 3 Joss Whedon
By a combination of formal training and self study, the latter continuing systematically well into the 1940s, I was able to gain a broad base of knowledge in economics and political science, together with reasonable skills in advanced mathematics, symbolic logic, and mathematical statistics. Votes: 3 Herbert A. Simon
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Votes: 5 Mahatma Gandhi
The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only. Votes: 5 Joseph Wood Krutch
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it. Votes: 3 Pope John Paul II
I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation. Votes: 1 Julian Barnes
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained. Votes: 1 Mahatma Gandhi
I monitor my self-talk, making sure that it is uplifting and supportive of myself and others. Votes: 5 Louise Hay
Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. Votes: 3 Toru Takemitsu
No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran. Votes: 3 Sugar Ray Leonard
Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward. Votes: 3 Viktor E. Frankl
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. Votes: 1 Joseph Campbell
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. Votes: 5 Amos Bronson Alcott
I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing. Votes: 3 Ziggy Marley
Wisdom along with maturity is self understanding and defining one's character through reasoning in a circumstance. Votes: 3 Unarine Ramaru
Normally, the thin-skinned have an endless array of excuses for why their workaday interactions are so much harder to bear for them than for the rest of us. In the eyes of the self-suffering, they are being victimised, used and always abused, when they're actually experiencing exactly the same body blows as the rest of us. Votes: 1 Mariella Frostrup
Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength. Votes: 1 Joseph Barber Lightfoot
You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling. Votes: 3 Ralph Fiennes
Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy. Votes: 7 Wayne Dyer
Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy. Votes: 1 Wayne Dyer
Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. Votes: 2 Kanye West
Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption. Votes: 2 Paul Reiser
Swapping out the nine-to-five for a more agile, independent working life brings with it one other huge benefit - a channel for self-actualization. Votes: 3 Leah Busque
Self-awareness is not just relaxation and not just meditation. It must combine relaxation with activity and dynamism. Technology can aid that. Votes: 3 Deepak Chopra
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself. Votes: 2 Milos Forman
Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering. Votes: 2 Dalai Lama
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. Votes: 2 Robert A. Heinlein
We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it. Votes: 2 Kanye West
I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it. Votes: 2 Bat for Lashes
I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that I am self-contained. I am just comfortable with myself and am always on an adventure. Votes: 2 Shekhar Kapur
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. Votes: 3 Calvin Coolidge
It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility. Votes: 2 Tariq Ramadan
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. Votes: 3 Jonathan Franzen
Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating. Votes: 2 Michael Landon
The Black Panther party of Self-Defense is a revolutionary party. Votes: 4 Bobby Seale
I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm interviewing somebody, I'm getting a combination of fact and truth and self-mythology and self-delusion and selective memory and faulty memory. Votes: 2 Terry Gross
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. Votes: 8 Theodore Parker
I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating. Votes: 2 Adam Levine
If The World Does Not Change Course, We Risk Self-Destruction. Votes: 4 Mohamed ElBaradei
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way. Votes: 2 Dalai Lama
New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture. Votes: 2 Deepak Chopra
Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty. Votes: 3 Russell Simmons
Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline. Votes: 3 Helen Hayes
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society. Votes: 3 Carl Hart
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. Votes: 6 Sylvia Plath
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Votes: 2 Jim Rohn
This is the Self-Esteem Looking-Glass. You have to look in the mirror and compliment yourself. Votes: 3 Malia Ann Haberman
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Votes: 2 Thomas Jefferson
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. Votes: 6 Mencius
I'm a tomboy. I used to get into a lot of fights. Don't know why - self-expression, I guess. Votes: 2 Lena Headey
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. Votes: 2 Brian Tracy
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. Votes: 2 Brian Tracy
We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility. Votes: 6 Kwame Nkrumah
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. Votes: 3 George Carlin
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. Votes: 2 Joyce Brothers
Self-importance requires spending most of one's life offended by something or someone. Votes: 7 Carlos Castaneda
Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement. Votes: 2 Anthony J. D'Angelo
As artists, it's tempting to forget the audience's needs. Too often, we're self-centered and self-indulgent in what we share with the world. We're prideful, only showing what we deem as perfect or what we think our peers will respect. Votes: 2 Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. Votes: 2 Carlos Fuentes
What Independence Has Come to Mean to Me: The Pain of Solitude. The Pleasure of Self-Knowledge Votes: 3 Vivian Gornick
A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.' Votes: 2 Eminem
Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others. Votes: 3 Stephen Covey
If you repeat your negative memories in your mind and feel self-pity, then YOU are both the abuser and the victim - not those who wronged you in the past. Your present and future will be happier if you take control of your thoughts. Votes: 10 Maddy Malhotra
Self-Realization Fellowship seemed like training. It was the training ground for finding a sense of peace in myself. Because that's my job. It's no one else's. Votes: 4 Mariel Hemingway
The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance. Votes: 3 Hawa Abdi
India is an Old country but a young nation"¦I am young and I too have a dream, I dream of India Strong, Independent, Self-Reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world, in the service of mankind. Votes: 3 Rajiv Gandhi
Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. Votes: 2 Clint Eastwood
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance. Votes: 3 John C. Maxwell
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. Votes: 2 Lewis H. Lapham
The Republicans have a high Beady-Eyed Self-Righteous Scary Borderline Loon Quotient, as evidenced by Phyllis Schlafly, Pat Robertson, the entire state of Utah, etc. Votes: 3 Dave Barry
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love. Votes: 2 Morihei Ueshiba
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. Votes: 6 John Wooden
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. Votes: 2 William J. Clinton
The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up. Votes: 2 Christopher Hitchens
I'm calculating, self-sufficient, reserved, and I enjoy being alone. Votes: 2 Melissa Sue Anderson
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background. Votes: 2 Adam Jones
Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought. Votes: 2 Charles Spurgeon
Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth. Votes: 2 Anthony Carmona
To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life. Votes: 10 Gretchen Wilson
President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government. Votes: 1 Mark Udall
The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self. Votes: 4 Deepak Chopra
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path. Votes: 4 Warren Christopher
I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something. Votes: 3 Gwen Stefani
My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence. Votes: 4 Chris Evans
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. Votes: 6 Ralph Marston
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. Votes: 2 Martha Beck
The best possible preparation of success is empower yourself with trust in self capabilities. Votes: 3 Anil Sinha
I do not trust self-serving misinformation coming from corporations and their media trolls. I do not trust politicians who are taking millions from those corporations, either. I trust people. So I make my music for people, not for candidates. Votes: 3 Neil Young
Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem. But it's certainly not to inflate students' sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths. Votes: 1 LZ Granderson
There is no growth without risk. There is always something to be gained from any experience. It is up to us to interpret our truth of self. Votes: 3 Truth Devour
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. Votes: 2 Chanakya
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. Votes: 2 Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens. Votes: 1 Pope Francis
I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either. Votes: 3 Alice Walker
Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth. Votes: 1 Sydney Madwed