Self Quotes · Page 236

A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.

— James Mackintosh

To me, fashion is ceaselessly fascinating because it is an expression of self.

— Anna Wintour

Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-care is not about self-indulgence , it is about self-preservati on.

— Audre Lorde

All God's plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.

— Oscar Wilde

“2. Enlightenment implies an Insight into the Nature of Self. We”

— Kaiten Nukariya

The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.

— Thomas Jefferson

I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.)

— Anonymous

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.

— George A. Sheehan

Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges.

— Julia Cameron

Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in…

— Dee Dee Myers

Communists should be the most farsighted, the most self-sacrificing, the most resolute, and the least prejudiced in sizing up situations, and should…

— Mao Zedong

The self-anointed media elite among us believe, somewhat self-servingly, that not only the act, or process of making a profit is positively…

— Lachlan Murdoch

As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their…

— Tara Brach

True love goes ever straight forward, not in its own strength, but esteeming itself as nothing. Then indeed we are truly happy.…

— Francois Fenelon

“Part of what makes the book bizzare is that Whitman, because he wants to stand for everyone, because he wants to be…

— Ben Lerner

I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit.…

— William O. Douglas

None of us can help the things life has done to us. They’re done before you realize it, and once they’re done…

— Eugene O'Neill

We allow folks to divide us. I don't like this Republican/Democrat, left/right, radical/not radical division that is created by folks, particularly and…

— Matt Shea

But an accurate definition of the self is impossible. You are more than you realize, more than you can define. And the…

— Anonymous

it is not men that most women worry about when they rise to the defense of the status quo. Their apparent endorsement…

— Elizabeth Gould Davis

I haven't seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community…

— Anna Quindlen

I am convinced that an electronic machine, no matter how smart and intelligent, being still a mere spatial structure in concept, can…

— Kedar Joshi

I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.

— Adam Jones

The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.

— Anonymous

You're gon' have to say to your self, am I gon' believe what them fools say about me today?

— Kathryn Stockett

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualizat ion.

— Abraham Maslow

It can be hard to be your truest self on a virtual screen; it's definitely not the stage I'm used to.

— Bob the Drag Queen

Reductionism is a dirty word, and a kind of 'holistier than thou' self-righteousness has become fashionable.

— Richard Dawkins

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.

— Lord Acton

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

— Bodhidharma

ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

“You can be a really nasty, selfish little jerk when you're scared enough. I was scared enough.”

— Robin McKinley

Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought.

— Stella Young

I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.

— Washed Out

I think the teenage sides of myself have informed my adult self.

— Cole Sprouse

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to…

— Shirley MacLaine

All Scandinavians feel a tiny bit self conscious, of which I'm one.

— Mike Leach

a human being is never what he is but the self he seeks.

— Octavio Paz