Self Quotes · Page 29

If there is one thing I’ve learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people I’ve…

— John Glenn

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

— Frank Moore Colby

. . . Without love the acquisition of knowledge only increases confusion and leads to self-destruction.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I find so much freedom in singing and so much expression of my self. I feel so connected to the people in…

— Corinne Bailey Rae

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.

— Gary Chapman

Dear self, please accept yourself more, please love yourself, please make the right choices, please know what is good for you and…

— Anonymous

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it…

— Samuel Smiles

Adam wasn't certain what came first with Blue--her treating the boys as friends, or them all becoming friends. It seemed to Adam…

— Maggie Stiefvater

[Donald Trump] even quoted a tweet from a self-identified 16-year-old as a way to justify crazy unsupported claims about the popular vote.

— Chuck Todd

Of necessity, the autobiographical self is not just about one individual but about all the others that an individual interacts with. Of…

— Antonio Damasio

The ability to Self-Motivate is a cornerstone of true wealth.

— Bob Proctor

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

— Millicent Fenwick

After sixty, the self-questioning of middle age is obsolete.

— Mason Cooley

Flowers speak to us if we listen. Appreciating the blossom in hand or pausing in the garden to admire the beauty quiets…

— Jean Hersey

Jesus regularly visualized the success of his efforts ... 'I always do what pleases God.' ... Was this conceit? Or was it…

— Laurie Beth Jones

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds…

— Alveda King

Selfless giving is measured by how good you feel. Self giving should be obvious.

— Frederick Lenz

I can do this, I tell myself firmly. I can be attracted to him. It's just a matter of self control and…

— Sophie Kinsella

THING TO TRY: If you are asked to describe a suspect to a police sketch artist, describe in precise detail, the features…

— Demetri Martin

Most people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image.

— Deepak Chopra

Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own…

— Ella Maillart

Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in…

— Walter Benjamin

However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we…

— Derrick Bell

I feel inauthentic at a party. ... Going to a party is a 'low' activity - the authentic self is compromised, fragmented…

— Susan Sontag

As an advocate for kids for over twenty years, I have watched things change since I was in school. Thankfully, this book…

— Doug Fields