I can be very self-destructive, but quietly.

The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white…

— Thomas Sowell

It's very hard to be good. It is self-destructive thinking to think that there is too much good.

— Henry Blodget

Every rebellion which is not in its own nature self-destructive, is an expression of the divine spirit.

— Paul Carus

There was a much more self-destructive nature in 'Appetite.' It was a going-for-it-at-all-cost thing that worked then.

— Axl Rose

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

It wasn't that expectations changed. But [teens] went from general expectations of success to having no idea of the right thing to do. In…

— Michael Medved

Digital [photography] has sped up the process to a point that it's a bit self-destructive. It is like driving by a new neighborhood without…

— Mona Kuhn

We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those…

— David Lee Roth

Forgiveness feels most dramatic when some ancient pattern of self-punishment collapses in a torrent of tears. But it is just as effective when practiced…

— D. Patrick Miller

The Bhagavad Gita is not as nice a book as some Americans think…Throughout the Mahabharata ... Krishna goads human beings into all sorts of…

— Wendy Doniger

God desires to change us from the inside out. Renewing our minds, starving our self-destructive tendencies, and teaching us to form new habits.

— Beth Moore

One thing I'm recognizing more and more in myself - and looking to change - is going down more of a self-destructive path when…

— Tyler Blackburn

The protection of evil must be the most self-destructive job.

— Alice Walker

Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception -…

— Brené Brown

Most relativists believe that relativism is absolutely true and that everyone should be a relativist. Therin lies the self-destructive nature of relativism. The relativist…

— Norman Geisler