Self Quotes · Page 131

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

— Douglas William Jerrold

“Maya (illusionary vision) means ignorance of the (eternal) ‘elements’ of the ‘things’.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

— Daniel Kahneman

Your self is the universe, and you perceive the universe through a state of mind.

— Frederick Lenz

I love my self. Nobody does love me more, just Myself only. Therefore, Nobody I do love more, just Myself only.

— Andrea Lloren

Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible.

— Dante Alighieri

Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.

— Isaac Hayes

A slightly modified version of the Serenity Prayer: Lord, grant me the serenity to ignore the assholes I cannot avoid; The luck…

— Kelly Williams Brown

It is equally easy, initially, for either a man or a woman to attain enlightenment, what we would call liberation or self-realization.

— Frederick Lenz

The people around you are mirrors, I think. You see yourself reflected in their eyes. If the mirror is true, and smooth,…

— Caitlin Moran

So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was…

— Tom Johnson

I think managing pain with narcotics could be a useful skill. Hiding your true self from you co-workers, which is totally true.…

— Duane Swierczynski

I think kids who have music in their lives are more focused. They have better attention spans. They excel more in their…

— Ingrid Michaelson

“Do not consider the fault of others Or what they have or haven't done. Consider rather What you yourself have or haven't…

— Anonymous

Laughter is the great antidote for self-pity, maybe a specific for the malady, yet probably it does tend to dry one's feelings…

— Mary McCarthy

Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no…

— William Hazlitt

Given any rule, however "fundamental" or "necessary" for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the…

— Paul Feyerabend

If the self-discipline of the free cannot match the iron discipline of the mailed fist, in economic, political, scientific, and all the…

— John F. Kennedy

To me, the most important thing - aside from meeting people's physical needs, whether that's education, health care, clothing, food, a roof…

— Madonna Ciccone

“self-reliant hero. As soon as he graduates college, he gives away all of his savings and wanders the wild, seeking adventure and…

— Anonymous

“Though I may be been constructed," he said, "so too were you. I in a factory; you in a womb. Neither of…

— C. Robert Cargill

[Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others…

— Ayn Rand

Refuse to think in terms of this or that. All pain needs investigation. The mind is nothing else but the self. Assumption…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

— Anonymous

You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.

— Og Mandino

Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?

— Stephen King

I monitor my self-talk, making sure that it is uplifting and supportive of myself and others.

— Louise Hay

I'm a big self-critic and I know there is room for improvement.

— Mason Mount

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I'm just kind of lazy and messed up and self-managed - self-mismanaged.

— Dan Bejar

“Worst of all, your sense of self becomes a monument to someone else’s bad behavior”

— Steven Stosny

Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have…

— Norman Vincent Peale

To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.

— Gregory Peck

“In a world of selfie-addiction smile usually is the brand name for an essential drug called pretense”

— Munia Khan

Wait, I'm deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.

— Alicia Keys

Any self-respecting entrepreneur has borrowed money from their mother at some point.

— Kevin Plank

“...people demonize certain types of crime - it's a way of distancing ourselves from the monsters...”

— John Geddes