I'm self-deprecating - I spend a lot of time telling myself that things are OK, as opposed to having to tell myself… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes… TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium. — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
Fortunately, however, we no longer have to argue that self -love is not only necessary and good but that it also is… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: "Well, who are the best people… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Achieve self-mastery over your thoughts, and constantly direct them toward your goals and objectives. Learn to focus your attention on the goals… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Introspection is self-improvement and therefore introspection is self-centeredness. Awareness is not self-improvement. On the contrary, it is the ending of the self,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Some people have the disease of criticising all the time. They forget the good about others and only mention their faults. They… — Ibn Taymiyyah Copy Share Image
The virtues prized in free countries are honesty, self-discipline, a sense of responsibility to one's family, a sense of loyalty to one's… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The Hasidic rabbi, Zuscha, was asked on his deathbed what he thought the kingdom of God would be like. He replied, "I… — Alan Loy McGinnis Copy Share Image
Why do we not exhaust the heritage of the ages, spiritual and material for our immediate pleasure, and let posterity go hang?… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
The freedom to choose...means the freedom to make mistakes, to falter and fail, to come face-to-face with your own flaws and limitations… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
Brutes are deprived of the high advantages which we have; but they have some which we have not. They have not our… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
“Authenticity is an "owning" of all experience, including emotions and thoughts that are not socially acceptable. Because self-esteem is based on the… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
One reason why it has become harder to promote the beneficial side of emotions such as anger is that the moral vocabulary… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
As you grow in self-esteem, your face, manner, way of talking and moving will tend naturally to project the pleasure you take… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
This is something basic to be understood - the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability,… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
It's amazing to me how many people who profess to be spiritual seekers are self-seekers, and how few of them ever consider… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We have a mental block inside us that stops us from earning more than we think we are worth. If we want… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
I've become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it's difficult to tame the beast in… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
The new ground that you form in your living is a new self, a new self that isn't at all of the… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
We each create our world by what we choose to notice, creating a world of distinction that makes sense to us. We… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
"Heaven" refers to the realm that is the interior part of a human being, and that the "divine self" is none other… — Masahisa Goi Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask what it was like when I got to meet Mick Jagger, and I must admit that you just try… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Temptation are just around us but its up to you on how you handle it, if you don't want to be tempted… — Annonymous Copy Share Image
Clutter is not just physical stuff. It's old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
Man's natural and inevitable urge to deny mortality and achieve a heroic self-image are the root causes of human evil. — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
If we understand the revolutionary transformations caused by new media, we can anticipate and control them; but if we continue in our… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
“Sometimes to change a situation you are in requires you to take a giant leap. But, you won't be able to fly… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
What the Father gives is the capacity to be a self, freedom, and thus autonomy, but an autonomy which can be understood… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
It's about self-sacrifice. Since having children, I've worked, but I've maintained the balance of being at home as well. — Peter Kay Copy Share Image
