Self Quotes · Page 167

You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.

— Brandon Sanderson

I don't necessarily self-identify as a writer, 'cause it implies a certain level of intelligence.

— Michael Ian Black

True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary.

— Charles Eisenstein

Living up to others perception of you, is the worst perception of life you could have.

— Edward Shaylitsa

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

— Baruch Spinoza

It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous.

— Eric Hoffer

Sometimes I keep my feelings to my self cz it's hard for someone else to understand

— Spido

If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love.

— Charles Spurgeon

Truth often finds its way to the mind close muffled in robes of sleep, and then speaks with uncompromising directness of matters…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Loyalty to others speaks volumes about loyalty to self. To love others, one must truly love him/herself first.”

— Peprah Boasiako

I have so much confidence in the good sense of man, and his qualifications for self-government, that I am never afraid of…

— Thomas Jefferson

The moment you understand yourself as the true Self, you find such peace and bliss that the impressions of the petty enjoyments…

— Swami Satchidananda

If a drug has anything going for it at all, it should be self-limiting. It should tell you when you've had enough.

— George Carlin

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life.…

— Mitch Albom

The reason I could fit in with so many different kinds of people was that I had no self. And then the…

— Leigh Newman

I'd tell my 20-year-old self, 'Don't be afraid to do it all. Whatever you're interested in, just go for it. Don't wait…

— Angela Bassett

The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick…

— Ravi Zacharias

Yoga is an interior penetration leading to integration of being, senses, breath, mind, intelligence, consciousness, and Self. It is definitely an inward…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

People mistake self-love for thinking they must always like what they see in the mirror - and yes, of course, that is…

— Danielle Tabor

When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of…

— Brad Pitt

When I began making art, I just thought I liked it. As a woman who was placed in spaces with various conditions,…

— Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

When forced to survive in an apocalyptic world, there are some characters that embrace their higher selves with some emerging as natural…

— Laurie Holden

So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them.…

— Peter J. Carroll

“Your memory creates postcard images, but it doesn't really comprehend the world at all. That's why a landscape is so affected by…

— Olga Tokarczuk

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

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

— Richard Matheson

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

— Rolf Edberg

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

The place where even the slightest trace of the 'I' does not exist, alone is Self.

— Ramana Maharshi

The media is biased against me because I'm a self-made woman.

— J. Jayalalithaa

My interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in.

— John Turturro

As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.

— Michelle Fairley

The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.

— Deepak Chopra

The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self.

— Deepak Chopra

If I were a bad black comic I would name my special, Yo mama, and other stories of a lack of self…

— Dov Davidoff

Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.

— Theodore Kaczynski

Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness.

— Timothy Keller

History is like self-reflection through the medium of language propelling itself into self-recognition.

— Terence McKenna

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

— Mahatma Gandhi