Man works primarily for his own self-respect and not for others or for profit. . . the person who is working for… — Otto Rank Copy Share Image
I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Gender assignment is a "construction" and yet many genderqueer and trans people refuse those assignments in part or in full. That refusal… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills… — Conrad Burns Copy Share Image
the mysterious moment of death proves to be a moment of waking. How one longs to take it for one's self! — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I think at the beginning of a project, you decide if you're in love with the idea and what it's about, or… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet,… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Men, unlike mockingbirds, have the capacity for systematic self-delusion. We echo each other with equal precision, equal eloquence, equal assurance. — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world. — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
There is perhaps no sort of self more subject to dangerous egotism than that which deludes itself with the notion that it… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Hobbes and other modern political philosophers defined man as a lump… — George Will Copy Share Image
I still haven't found the place where I can be my true self. But maybe you never get to be your true… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they don't miss it… — Leigh Steinberg Copy Share Image
But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
We must each achieve greater individual consciousness and self-knowledge, and project mindful kindness toward everything and everyone. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nuclear power generation has been given a thrust by the use of uranium-based fuel which US is set to supply to India… — Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
Buddhist epistemologists do argue that rational analysis leads to the conclusion that rational analysis cannot give us infallible access to truth, including… — Jay L. Garfield Copy Share Image
People are much more likely to act on their self-percepts of efficacy inferred from many sources of information rather than rely primarily… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
A clear rule for self-control handed down by the Fathers is this: stop eating while still hungry and do not continue until… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Doubtless the world is wicked enough; but it will not be improved by the extension of a spirit which self-righteously sees more… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
“Complete shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is keval gnan (absolute Knowledge)” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
We need cooperation based on trust and self-confidence to create an open, compassionate, harmonious society. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I have ended up with quite a conventional marriage and family. But I still hold on to my younger self who didn't… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
here's a payoff for everyone. The reason we hang on to self-defeating behaviors is because it's easier not to take responsibility. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A true spiritual practitioner is someone who has discovered that it is possible to be at ease in the world for no… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
