Personal power is really the issue. It is only through tremendous attention to detail that you will be able to gain personal… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think being an only child created in me a degree of self-reliance, which I'm glad of. It made me perfectly happy… — Alan Hollinghurst Copy Share Image
The Santa myth is one of the most effective means ever devised for intimidating children, eroding their self- esteem, twisting their behavior,… — Tom Flynn Copy Share Image
Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
One should arrive at leading one's conscience to a state of development so that it becomes the voice of a better and… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless. — Scott Hamilton Copy Share Image
When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
The highest truth is to delete, not to add. To get rid of the things you believe in now. So empty yourself… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
Know that what appears to be Love for an 'other' is really Love of Self because 'other' doesn't exist. So this innermost… — H. W. L. Poonja Copy Share Image
The thing that I think was very brave of my younger self was that he decided he would be an idiot. Just… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of ‘our’ own… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days.… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The thing is, we have to let go of all blame, all attacking, all judging, to free our inner selves to attract… — Joe Vitale Copy Share Image
“You are your own cannoe and you are your own paddle, so paddle your own cannoe. Society had taught us to give… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The highest level of prayer is not a prayer for anything. It is a deep and profound silence, in which we allow… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Europe is overpopulated, the world will soon be in the same condition, and if the self-reproduction of man is not rationalized... we… — Henri Bergson Copy Share Image
Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next… — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
Fling away your soul once for all, your own small self; if you will find it again. Count not even on immortality. — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
Love is self-explanatory: the right person makes you feel well nigh immortal, vaccinating you with their affections. So long as you remain… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
“You can always tell the heart of man by what he do, and by what he don't do...” — Steven J. Carroll Copy Share Image
Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I can honestly say that there are many forms of atheism that I find far more admirable than many forms of Christianity… — David Bentley Hart Copy Share Image
His mother's favorite, he possessed the self-confidence that told him he would achieve something worth while in life, and the ambition to… — Ernest Jones Copy Share Image
The souls now incarnating are power souls. It is a dark age. To incarnate now one needs psychic self-defense. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of war is its hermaphroditism: the principles of victory and of defeat inhabit the same body and the necessary opponent,… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
When you trust others you must know that even they doubt themselves, trusting yourself is the best option. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
The oil corporations spend a lot of money to get, say, the tar sands pipeline through, but nobody's - you know, there… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image