“Do not compare yourself with anybody. Compare yourself with yourself, for yourself and by yourself. We are all uniquely pottered and purposed… — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be… — Alice Duer Miller Copy Share Image
Those are not the tears of repentance!... Self-loathing is not sorrow. Yet it is good, for it marks a step in the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
When you're a kid growing up, and you think you're gay, you know that you're different; you're often teased and it can… — Greg Louganis Copy Share Image
My advice to my younger self would have been, "Chill. Concentrate on the poems. Everything else will work itself out." — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
There are people, such as Trump, that want to peddle Bibles, peddle gym shoes, peddle whatever it is. Anything that he can… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Disgrace is a subtle, multi-layered story, as much concerned with politics as it is with the itch of male flesh. Coetzee's prose… — Paul Bailey Copy Share Image
“She discovered that underneath the aspect of the Rumpled Porcupine, a tortured Marxist was at war with an impossible, incurable Romantic -… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Gluttony should be destroyed by self-control; unchastity by desire for God and longing for the blessings held in store; avarice by compassion… — John of Damascus Copy Share Image
True art and true science possess two unmistakable marks: the first, an inward mark, which is this, that the servitor of art… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Number one, we need to get in shape, number two we need to shoot, number three, we need to learn self-defense, and… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence! Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
The self...can split off from itself without being less. You are not a mini self, an adjunct to some super-being, never to… — Jane Roberts Copy Share Image
The thing about living in a village at the foot of a mountain is that the world for you becomes, without thinking… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Any fool can criticise, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of… — Steve Carell Copy Share Image
"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Doubt is a virus that attacks our self-esteem, productivity and confidence. Faith that you and your life are perfectly unfolding is the… — Sean Stephenson Copy Share Image
Shake off the self-pity, shake off the defeat and get ready for God to do something new. He is going to pay… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Love opens the doors into everything, as far as I can see, including and perhaps most of all, the door into one's… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
That's really truly what my message is - finding self love within yourself and not comparing yourself to others - because there's… — Ashley Graham Copy Share Image
I was terrified to be my true self because I felt that it wasn't enough. But I allowed myself to break down… — Hannah Brown Copy Share Image
All service should be regarded as an offering to God, and every opportunity to serve should be welcomed as a gift from… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
That's what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that's what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for:… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Teenagers have a natural curiosity and are keen to clock up experiences. What they need to be wary of is that some… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of… — Sara Coleridge Copy Share Image
Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
I am playing with my Self, I am playing with the world's soul, I am the dialogue between my Self and el… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me,… — Maurice Jones-Drew Copy Share Image
“I used to think that if I were a certain kind of person I would spend all my time creating something beautiful.… — Jason Letts Copy Share Image
