I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
The earth is convulsed with a universal sob, and the roads are muddy with tears. But I do not call to mind… — Edgar Wilson Nye Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Also in contemporary Western society the union with the group is the prevalent way of overcoming separateness. It is a union which… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The church doctrines of obedience to authority, repentance, fear of punishment, self-abnegation, acceptance of outer direction rather than inner assurance, elevation of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
one must verge on the unknown, write toward the truth hitherto unrecognizable of one’s own sincerity, including the avoidable beauty of doom,… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Each thing has its word, but the word has become a thing by itself. Why shouldn't I find it? Why can't a… — Hugo Ball Copy Share Image
“What is the difference between a Gnani (the enlightened one) and agnani (The one with the wrong belief)? The Gnani is free… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Your identity, self-esteem, and awareness of your ego lay the groundwork for your life. How you conduct yourself with others, and whether… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
One problem with gratitude is that it competes with the sense of pride, self-reliance and accomplishment we have. We want to think… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
How can they be delivered from the life of self, who are not willing to abandon all their possessions? How can they… — Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Copy Share Image
“Renunciation and saiyam are two different things. Renunciation is where one gives up all marital ties, parental ties, financial ties and material possessions. What… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The assumption is that life doesn't need to be navigated with lessons. You can just do it intuitively. After all, you only… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
The completeness of this transformation appalled me. It was unlike anything I had imagined. I became two men, the serving one, and… — John Howard Griffin Copy Share Image
If we are to understand the human condition, and if we are to accept ourselves in all the complexity, self-doubt, extravagance of… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
We live in an epidemic of self-hatred. I see it daily with people coming at me, and they do it to everybody,… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Initially, my decision to stop eating meat was motivated by fear of spiritual consequences, but right away I found that not eating… — Steve-O Copy Share Image
I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers...… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can get from each… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
God...my self in the Bronx always says that God has a funny sense of humor. ..He has a way of treating things,… — Malachi Martin Copy Share Image
By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The world is not an impediment, it is your ignorance (of the Self) that impedes you. When does ignorance (of the Self)… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will. If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Communism... is the genuine resolution of the antagonism between man and nature and between man and man; it is the true resolution… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I imagine John Watson thinks love’s a mystery to me, but the chemistry is incredibly simple and very destructive. When we first… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
Where love exists with self-respect and joy, where a fine environment is provided for the child, where the parents live under conditions… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
To put off the inevitable, we try to fix the city in place, remember it as it was, doing to the city… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Most of us have very clear memories of the self-critical internal conversation running on in our heads while we were playing poorly,… — Barry Green Copy Share Image
In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
Never for a moment believe that the great body of the citizens of any State or States can deliberately intend to do… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Repentance always brings a person to the point of saying, “I have sinned.” The surest sign that God is at work in… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
“In love with myself, that is what people say I am. It doesn’t surprise me, for how could they notice that I… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level,… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image