Self Quotes · Page 187

In the Darwinian world, self-preservation is the ultimate shiny good.

— N.D. Wilson

Cooking may be as much a means of self-expression as any of the arts.

— Fannie Farmer

If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

— Oprah Winfrey

Self-destructive patterns cause as much suffering as outer catastrophes.

— Anais Nin

A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

— Stephen Schwartz

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

— Benjamin Franklin

Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.

— Yasmin Mogahed

“Aropit bhaav (the belief ‘I am Chandubhai’) is karma and suffering is karma-effect. Aropit bhaav (the belief ‘I am Chandubhai’) indeed is…

— Dada Bhagwan

We all know the part of us that needs to be harnessed. It takes someone else to know the part of us…

— Robert Breault

It's hard to think about the national team when you are with your club side and so invested in your team, your…

— Joe Ingles

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know…

— Anonymous

There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive…

— Christopher Peterson

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and…

— Elizabeth Drew

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist...

— Ernest Gellner

Your mental attitude is something you can control outright and you must use self discipline until you create a positive mental attitude…

— Napoleon Hill

Do not feed your ego and your problems, with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day…

— Eknath Easwaran

Throughout evolutionary history, anxiety and fear have helped every species to be wary and to survive. Fear can signal us to act,…

— Harriet Lerner

The idea that positive illusions are in the service of sef-esteem virtually requires that they stay in check. If one develops substantially…

— Shelley E. Taylor

I flattered myself that I was rather empathetic, that I had rather good imaginative empathy. I've realized now that that was a…

— Decca Aitkenhead

“Lincoln himself once said, “The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do…

— John Wooden

Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her…

— Bell Hooks

I do a combo situation of lotion and body makeup and put it on with my moisturizer in the morning. That seems…

— Brittany Snow

The deepest hunger in life is a secret that is revealed only when a person is willing to unlock a hidden part…

— Deepak Chopra

Self-control is the ability to restrain a laugh at the wrong place.

— Elbert Hubbard

Humility is not about having a low self-image or poor self-esteem. Humility is about self-awareness.

— Erwin McManus

Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.

— Jean Anouilh

We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.

— Brené Brown

Being insecure is still in, right? Or have we all moved on to full on self-loathing?

— Anonymous

“If something is not right or real, don't lose your self.”

— Lauren Child

In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity.

— Gelsey Kirkland

You are not perfect ... but your imperfection suits you perfectly ..

— Jaypee

I'm not trying to be modest of self-deprecating or in any way trying to do that.

— Jon Stewart

Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air.

— Anne Lamott

I was so self -conscious, every time football players went into a huddle, I thought they were talking about me.

— Jackie Mason

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

— William James

Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.

— Russell Simmons

Being cool is being your own self not doing thing that someone else is telling you to do

— Wendy's

“Jealousy, and attempting to match others in life and stride, is self-abandonment.”

— Grace Sara

Self-knowledge is an anchor that makes unpredictability tolerable.

— Deepak Chopra