Self Quotes · Page 191

To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.

— Abraham Verghese

Its not that I dont like anyone else. . . Its just that I only associate my self with my people

— Lboogz

“War presents itself as necessary for self-protection, when in fact it is necessary for self-identification.”

— James P. Carse

Life is not about finding your true self, but creating who you wish to be.

— Anonymous

Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.

— Sugata Mitra

If guys practiced self-control, 'modesty' wouldn't be such a huge deal.

— Zach Hunter

The advice I would've given my younger self is, 'Be patient; just hold on.'

— Shaun Livingston

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

— Douglas William Jerrold

We shouldn't just think about mammograms and self-exams and self-care once a year. It should be an ongoing thing.

— Suzy Nakamura

I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is…

— Umar

People residing within the cult of average don’t like to see others rise. It threatens their security, and spotlights their low self-worth.…

— Robin Sharma

Less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with others, or self-reflection. While life has become more manageable for many…

— Kirk J. Schneider

Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if…

— Gloria Steinem

Remain still, with the conviction that the Self shines as everything yet nothing, within, without, and everywhere.

— Ramana Maharshi

To see ourselves as others see us can be eye-opening. To see others as sharing a nature with ourselves is the merest…

— Clifford Geertz

I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living. .…

— Thomas Jefferson

If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration…

— Anonymous

I'm really grateful for all of the things I've had to learn along the way, you know? I don't know if I…

— Flying Lotus

Self-reliance - that's a dirty word to Democrats. They want people to believe that self-reliance means you don't do anything with anybody.…

— Rush Limbaugh

My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a…

— Alice Glass

He loved possessions, not masses of them, but a select few that he did not part with.They gave a man self-respect. Not…

— Patricia Highsmith

It is when you lose sight of yourself, that you lose your way. To keep your truth in sight you must keep…

— C JoyBell C

Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

— Daniel Kahneman

Your self is the universe, and you perceive the universe through a state of mind.

— Frederick Lenz

“Maya (illusionary vision) means ignorance of the (eternal) ‘elements’ of the ‘things’.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Achievable goals are the first step to self improvement.

— Anonymous

You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity and the sour sound of whining.

— Og Mandino

Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.

— Isaac Hayes

Consider the sea's listless chime: Time's self it is, made audible.

— Dante Alighieri

I love my self. Nobody does love me more, just Myself only. Therefore, Nobody I do love more, just Myself only.

— Andrea Lloren

I monitor my self-talk, making sure that it is uplifting and supportive of myself and others.

— Louise Hay

Are you sure self-pity is a luxury you can afford, Jack?

— Stephen King

“Worst of all, your sense of self becomes a monument to someone else’s bad behavior”

— Steven Stosny

Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger human being than you have…

— Norman Vincent Peale

I'm just kind of lazy and messed up and self-managed - self-mismanaged.

— Dan Bejar

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky