“You can be anything you want to be as long as you know who you are. Paradoxically, once you realize this, you… — Todd Crawshaw Copy Share Image
Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“In heated rooms, he often felt the outlines of his body, the border between him and the external world, grow disturbingly fuzzy.” — Ryū Murakami Copy Share Image
By reshaping or decorating our outer selves, we express our inner sense of self: 'I like that' becomes 'I'm like that.' — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
I have always been drawn to strong and interesting women, people who have navigated that world before you and maintained their integrity… — Janet McTeer Copy Share Image
Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification. — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Ego synthesized is selfhood, the sense of self-importance, that you really matter ... nothing could be further from the truth. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I just started to see the world as it really is and it completely shocked me and changed my opinion on everything..… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis… — Janet Suzman Copy Share Image
“Whether we are trying to buy a packet of chips or getting to know a person for a potentially important relationship, its… — Amrita Sarkar Copy Share Image
When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And… — Kiefer Sutherland 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
“Another writer argued in an 1895 issue of the Cosmopolitan that by riding a bicycle, a woman would "become mistress of herself,"… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
I want to learn how to hold the paradoxical poles of my identity together, to embrace the profoundly opposite truths that my… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
Stop the pain.” – Tory “You know I can’t.” – Acheron “Fine. But next time you’re the one who’s doing labor duty.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“A personality disorder is not the foreign presence of demonic possession or a cancerous cluster of cells spreading among the internal organs.… — Merri Lisa Johnson Copy Share Image
My overall approach toward art is to remain as open as possible in front of the world, to always be curious, not… — Daniel Buren Copy Share Image
I do know that some people believe that I see gender as a "choice" rather than as an essential and firmly fixed… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“The most spiritually credible people I know are humble and soft-spoken. They don’t strut around like peacocks, enchanted by how wonderful they… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
“In fact, the harder the mind struggles to get rid of the pain, the greater the pain. The mind can never find… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
In a monetary system, most of us live near our work with a house, car, and lifestyle we can afford (or, all… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“It was a gift. What did I do with it? Life didn't accumulate as I'd once imagined. I graduated from boarding school,… — Emma Cline Copy Share Image
“...afflictions arise from identifying with a false sense of self, whereas great contentment arises from seeing the true nature of things. If… — Karma Lekshe Tsomo Copy Share Image
“There is nothing so bracing as planning a murder. I recommend it to the weak-willed and those with a leaky sense of… — Shelley Jackson Copy Share Image
“Money was the blood of civilized society, its currents running through everything and everyone. Where money was insufficient, things withered. People starved,… — wildbow Copy Share Image
“Find what you love to do, what you're good at and passionate about and then dedicate your entire life to working hard… — Amy Mowafi Copy Share Image
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he aquires but in his integrity and ability to affect those… — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
It's definitely difficult being a woman and growing up a girl. When you're graceful, people say you lack personality; when you're serene,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Reading Mrs Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë after Jane Eyre is a curious experience. The subject of the biography is recognisably the… — Ian Gregor Copy Share Image
“Neuroscientists have observed that several changes in brain function tend to accompany the flow state. The brain’s electrical activity always unfolds in… — Fitzgerald Matt Copy Share Image
“Loving and being loved affirmed one's sense of self and conquered feelings of loneliness and alienation. It kept one sane.” — Daniel Klein Copy Share Image
“Such is the fate, in some form or other, of all those who unbalance the master’s sense of self, poke holes in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I was always encouraged to really root myself in a strong sense of self and not to believe all the nasty things… — A. J. Odudu Copy Share Image
My parents instilled in me a sense of self that I was more than just a diagnosis or a condition. — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my familys relationship with… — Mika Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Be concerned with the welfare of others without any sense of self-importance that one is better because one meditates or leads a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
