Self Quotes · Page 179

True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly!

— Morihei Ueshiba

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

— Theodore Roosevelt

To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything.

— Joan Didion

Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.

— Terry Pratchett

“Do not pity yourself. If you wallow in self-pity, life will be an endless nightmare.”

— Kafka Asagiri

So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.

— Marlon Riggs

Self is the great antichrist and anti-God in the world, that sets up itself above all else.

— Stephen Charnock

An excuse is the tool our weak self uses to prevent our strongest self from reaching greatness.

— Robin Sharma

“What is the sign of the person residing in his own Self as Pure Soul? Vitaragta [a state of freedom from all…

— Dada Bhagwan

There's only so many movies you can do. I start to get really self-loathing and sick of myself. And I think in…

— Rooney Mara

“The woman I was yesterday, introduced me to the woman I am today; which makes me very excited about meeting the woman…

— Poetic Evolution

I had no place in any coterie, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to…

— Ellen Glasgow

“Kramic Gnan (Step By Step Knowledge) refers to ‘effect’ as the ‘cause’ and the Akram Gnan (Stepless Knowledge) calls the ‘cause’ as…

— Dada Bhagwan

When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, examine your inner self…!

— Anonymous

When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.

— Anne Lamott

Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Most of us grew up with a very damaging story that something is wrong with us. Gradually - or as in my…

— Tara Brach

Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall;…

— Matthew Henry

There are a lot of young black girls who I meet in my travels who don't have a lot of self-esteem. So…

— Lauryn Hill

Vanity may be likened to the smooth-skinned and velvet-footed mouse, nibbling about forever in expectation of a crumb; while self-esteem is too…

— William Gilmore Simms

I don't think it's a bad thing to play a character that's not necessarily a super-woman. Even if the character is a…

— Megalyn Echikunwoke

In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it…

— Jeremy Taylor

Our culture, therefore, must not omit the arming of the man. Let him hear in season, that he is born into the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We seek for truth in ourselves; in our neighbours, and in its essential nature. We find it first in ourselves by severe…

— Saint Bernard

Measures of self-precept must be tailored to the domain of psychological functioning being explored.

— Albert Bandura

The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.

— Walter Lippmann

“The hardest thing of all, is just standing in front of a mirror and not recognizing the reflection.”

— Klaudio Marashi

Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.

— Pope Francis

There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.

— Prince Andrew

Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“You are at liberty to develop yourself when you are self employed”

— Sunday Adelaja

Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support.

— Bruce Lee

It's not enough to just be yourself. You must be your best self

— Neil Strauss

Perceived self-inefficacy predicts avoidance of academic activities whereas anxiety does not

— Albert Bandura

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-satisfied man."

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

When you let go of the egoic self what you're getting in exchange is the whole universe.

— Adyashanti

“We can enhance our life by forgiving our self and others.”

— Kishore Bansal

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

— George Eliot

How can one build a better self unless on the ruins of the old?

— John Fowles

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing . You gotta shake your tail feathers.

— Joni Rodgers