Self Quotes · Page 183

the process of building a self and its works is always too slow. One is always in arrears to oneself.

— Susan Sontag

Insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

— Keith Ablow

“To study the self is to forget the self. Mi casa, su casa.”

— Phil Knight

That awkward moment when you realize you are talking to your self.

— Author Name

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

— Confucius

There are daily martyrdoms occurring of more or less self-abnegation, and of which the world knows nothing.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“It is only when you are confident about your own self, that the society begins to hail you the way you want.”

— Abhijit Naskar

It's thrilling and it's an honor to be part of something bigger than your own self.

— Venus Williams

Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self…

— Bunker Roy

I often steal sandwiches, eat them, and put the container's back., with a signed autograph of my self in its place. It's…

— Thom Yorke

By letting go of our insatiable desire to fix and change everyone and everything around us, we give ourselves the space to…

— Rashida Rowe

Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The idea which man forms of beauty imprints itself throughout his attire, rumples or stiffens his garments, rounds off or aligns his…

— Charles Baudelaire

Your self is yours to integrate. To integrate your self you need to be, in the midst of your experience, a little…

— John de Ruiter

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt…

— Carolyn Mackler

Self-love means something. I thought it was all a joke for a long time. It's really important. Giving yourself a break is…

— Lindsay Shookus

To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“I feel sorry for people who maintain relationships and friendships detrimental to their mental health. Everyone is guilty of it at one…

— Tiffany Luard

I'm not ready to give up gayness in and of itself as something unique and different. A litmus test for me for…

— Todd Haynes

Fossey, Fossey, you cranky difficult strong-arming self-destructive misanthrope, mediocre scientist, deceiver of earnest college students, probable cause of more deaths of the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of…

— Robert E. Lee

We usually look outside ourselves for heroes and teachers. It has not occurred to most people that they may already be the…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

And so, onwards... along a path of wisdom, with a hearty tread, a hearty confidence.. however you may be, be your own…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first…

— Martin Luther

Roam in the world as a lion of self-control; see that the frogs of weakness don’t kick you around.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“What it is,” she sighed, “to have to choose between self and security.”

— Tsitsi Dangarembga

Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

— John Wooden

[Our self-image is] that gap between intention and effect

— Diane Arbus

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know.”

— Timothy Ferriss

I woke up this morning and I said to my self, 'Self, I think we need to party today'.

— Nick Swisher

Your highest obligation to other people is to be your highest self.

— Rory Vaden

I do not belong to any school, I simply want to do something that is personal to my self.

— Edouard Vuillard

In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.

— Jack Kornfield

“Self-improvement is possible only through time conversion in solitude.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Humility does not mean to think yourself less, but to less think of yourself.

— Bhakti Tirtha Swami

Self-love is better than any gilding to make that seem gorgeous wherein ourselves be parties.

— Philip Sidney

The rose does not have a why; it blossums without reason, forgetful of self and oblivious to our vision.

— Angelus Silesius

Your true self is beyond either relying on others or avoiding them in order to know who you are.

— Kosho Uchiyama

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world

— Ramana Maharshi