Self Quotes · Page 119

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self. It knows how to choose and to divine.

— Henri Poincare

Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.

— Zig Ziglar

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

— Oprah Winfrey

Self-expression is not a luxury, it is a bare necessity.

— Melody Minagar

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

— Marianne Williamson

Balance is not to be sought by association with others; it must exist within one's self.

— Anais Nin

Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.

— Adam Grant

I would just encourage my younger self to not care about people's perceptions and to love myself fully and to keep progressing…

— Ashton Sanders

“Because we are made in God's image, in fleeing from a relationship with a loving God, we are also running from being…

— Kathleen Norris

I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God,…

— Mary Griffith

There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought a great…

— Robert Twigger

It would be gross understatement to say that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is not a model of clarity. It is in…

— Antonin Scalia

...slow down and self-edit and ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything: "Does this need…

— Craig Ferguson

Land health is the capacity for self-renewal in the soils, waters, plants, and animals that collectively comprise the land.

— Aldo Leopold

Each of us must learn to work not just for one self, one's own family or one's nation, but for the benefit…

— Dalai Lama

To succeed in the game of power, you have to master your emotions. But even if you succeed in gaining such self-control,…

— Robert Greene

My dogs, the only creatures on the planet marked by my singular nurturing imprint, have all turned out to be rude and…

— Merrill Markoe

“Sometimes you are able to keep moving because you are not really yourself anymore. Your entire brain can shrink to one pinhead…

— Karen Russell

I didn't have any definition of self. I never fit in, so I started pretending I was other people. I'd find people…

— Cory Monteith

As long as I can remember, I saw myself as black. I was socially conditioned to discard that. It was an all-white…

— Rachel Dolezal

There are many different kinds of bravery. There's the bravery of thinking of others before one's self. Now, your father has never…

— James M. Barrie

Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing…

— Alice Miller

“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is…

— T.F. Hodge

I can't tell my self that I'm a serious actor. But I'm serious person.

— Johnny Depp

Whether I am fat or skinny, ugly or pretty, flawed or perfect, I will always love my self.

— Florah

“If every person knew their own true Self, jealousy of others would be none existent”

— Sandra Cooze

Those who know their unworthiness seize grace as a hungry man seizes bread: the self-righteous resent grace.

— Randy Alcorn

“The true essence of greatness is in finding self in selfishness”

— Mayur Ramgir

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

— Charles Baudelaire

The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.

— Thomas Carlyle

I look back at my younger self and I'm like, 'I was so mean to myself. Why was I so mean?

— Taylor Hill

“The One who is free from the intent of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashay bhaav) is referred to as God.”

— Dada Bhagwan

The more you keep doubting your self is the more you want to give up.Well don't!

— Anonymous

One thing I learned in life, the only true friend you have in this world is your self.

— Anonymous

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

— Julie Burchill

I'd tell my 16-year-old self, 'Don't take yourself so seriously, and just have fun.'

— Ronan Keating

In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. It is there we can see into ourselves.

— Rolf Edberg

What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?

— Richard Matheson

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

— Henry Ward Beecher