Self Quotes · Page 172

There is nothing more irreligious than self-absorbed religion.

— Anonymous

I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom.

— Anne Lamott

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

— Rokia Traore

Impossible mountains are climbed by those who have the self confidence that comes from truly being loved.

— H. Burke Peterson

Ignorance and bigotry, like other insanities, are incapable of self-government.

— Thomas Jefferson

“He sat thus, lost in meditation, thinking Om, his soul as the arrow directed at Brahman.”

— Hermann Hesse

Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self criticism.

— Albert Einstein

The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.

— George Herbert

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an…

— Jarvis Cocker

We need to learn to accept ourself, our past, our circumstances as they are, without necessarily thinking of them as bad.

— Senoraroy

The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss…

— Garry Kasparov

I worry about my kids growing up and how the world might hurt them. But at the same time, I absolutely do…

— Reese Witherspoon

I spent a lot of time in the clouds. Becoming a mother has really helped me put my feet on the ground…

— Evangeline Lilly

I now realize there are millions of self-made millionaires who started with nothing. They dug inside themselves to find the answers and…

— Dean Graziosi

Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of…

— Mariella Frostrup

The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin,…

— Eric Hoffer

You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no…

— Anonymous

My mother didn't feel sorry for herself, she was left with no child support, no alimony at a very young age, with…

— Kellyanne Conway

Regardless, heterosexual marriage is largely in trouble today because people see it as a selfish means of pleasing self, rather than a…

— Mike Huckabee

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for…

— Maya Angelou

YOU are one of a kind. You are lucky enough to have something that makes you different from everyone else. Embrace your…

— Melchor Lim

I think you have to love yourself and you have to have a strong sense of self-love in order to really show…

— Shailene Woodley

As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qaida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in…

— John O. Brennan

If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical.

— Danny Trejo

“Art can only progress towards its own self-annihilation.”

— Richard Appignanesi

I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention, my focus, myself.

— Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident

Think ye by gazing on each other's eyes To multiply your lovely selves?

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“the worst thing," he told me, "is bitterness, people end up so bitter.”

— Charles Bukowski

Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.

— James Anthony Froude

Easy, Marks,' he whispered. 'One of us has to have some self-control, and it really should be you.

— Lisa Kleypas

True forgiveness is a self-healing process which starts with you and gradually extends to everyone else.

— Robert Holden

“If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.”

— Tim Fargo

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Only Gnan (Knowledge of the Self) will give liberation. All other instruments (& practices) create bondage.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“There's more than what the eye can see, the heart can love, and the brain can understand.”

— Louise Philippe Dulay

“The way you see and know yourself is also referred to as self-perception.”

— Benjamin Smith

Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥

— Everett Ruess

“Binding your self-worth to other people is a recipe for disaster.”

— Theresa Francis-Cheung

We each define our god, and from this definition, we set the criteria for self-love

— Jeremy Taylor