Self Quotes · Page 177

Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.

— Donnie Yen

Because when the Creator of matter, tell you you matter, then you have a purpose and then you have self-esteem.

— Brad Stine

It's hard, sometimes, when nothing's stopping you, to know what's stopping you.

— Robert Breault

“Vyavahaar (worldly interactions) means to bring about satisfaction for the other person.”

— Dada Bhagwan

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

— Brandon Sanderson

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

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

— Jodi Picoult

Love is fundamentally a death of an old self that was isolated and the emergence of a new self now entangled with…

— Cornel West

Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which…

— Emilie du Chatelet

It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have…

— John Climacus

All the forms of double taxation in the current system are punitive and self-destructive because they are literally destroying people's incentive to…

— Daniel J. Mitchell

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it…

— Mitch Albom

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.

— Toru Takemitsu

Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him.

— Nancy Pearcey

A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you…

— James E. Faust

Descartes says: I think, and I am every moment I am thinking, because I have this inner awareness of myself. And I…

— Marjorie Grene

Just know on the inside that you won't quit. That's it. There is nothing else. Shakespeare said, 'To thine own self be…

— Forrest Griffin

Why shouldn’t we experience heartbreak? Through those doorways God is opening up ways of fellowship with His Son. Most of us collapse…

— Oswald Chambers

The hope for the twentieth century rests on recognition that war and depression are man-made, and needless. They can be avoided in…

— Carroll Quigley

A lot of my clients say they don't deserve to mope about their sad little memories while children are starving in India.…

— Martha Beck

In the beginning I had a lot of self-imposed limitations as far as production and instrumentation. It was really inspiring for us…

— Tamaryn

What a person says and does in ordinary moments when when no one is looking reveals more about true character than grand…

— Michael Josephson

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

— Michael Ian Black

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

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

— Ronan Keating

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

— Julie Burchill

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

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

— Ramana Maharshi

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

— Michelle Fairley

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

— Mayur Ramgir

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

— Thomas Carlyle