I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage. — Arsenio Hall C Copy Share Image
The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time. — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is doing what you know you should do when you don't want to do it. — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word. — Frederick William Faber Copy Share Image
And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2)… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We need not seek a cause or a motive or a purpose for that which is, in its nature, eternally self-existent and… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Copy Share Image
Children need parents who model self-discipline rather than preach it. They learn from what their parents are actually willing to do; not… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Someone who is said to have a big ego is thought to be full of themselves, to lack the ability to listen,… — Gyalwa Dokhampa Copy Share Image
Whereas the only real solution to the race problem in this country is a solution that involves individual self improvement and collective… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
This is myself, baby. All of my selves. I own each and every one of them. I know who I'm pretending to… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
In a true community we will not choose our companions, for our choices are so often limited by self-serving motives. Instead, our… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
The real goal of a spiritual tradition should not be ascent, but openness, vulnerability, and this does not require great experiences but,… — Morris Berman Copy Share Image
The first law that ever God gave to man was a law of pure obedience; it was a commandment naked and simple,… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was… — John Keats Copy Share Image
A true spiritual practitioner is someone who has discovered that it is possible to be at ease in the world for no… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Self-production: the characteristic of living systems to continuously renew themselves and to regulate this process in such a way that the integrity… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
