The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert. — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
It’s lucky no one else knows what our most secret thoughts are. We’d all be seen for the cunning, self-aggrandizing fools we… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Never trample on any soul though it may be lying in the veriest mire; for that last spark of self-respect is its… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Real peace comes only to those who control the body and mind with self-discipline. — Vishnudevananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
I do not stand here before you as a self-righteous saint who has achieved spiritual perfection, but as a sinner who has… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
What is Yoga? Yoga is self-conquest. Self-conquest is God-Realization. He who practices Yoga does two things with one stroke: he simplifies his… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with 'The Velvet Rope' for a year straight, letting Janet Jackson's confessional lyrics lull me to sleep and comfort… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Consciousness, like a complex system of software, has thousands of levels of nested, self-accessing subroutines — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I want girls to have an imprint of self-love firmly in place at a young age. — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
She put both her hands on his shoulders and gazed at him long, with a deep look of ecstasy and yet searchingly.… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that… — Mercedes McCambridge Copy Share Image
I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
The highest truth needs no communicating, for it is by its very nature self-propelling. It radiates its influence silently as the rose… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Each of us has the power and responsibility to heal ourselves, to be our own medicine man or woman. Awakening our innate… — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
As far as inner action is concerned, we are only rarely truly self-determined persons, for the major part of our conscious mental… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all sort of things. I'm a sort… — Barbara Rosenblat Copy Share Image
One day, a woman found herself standing at Heaven's gate. The angels' only question to her was, "Zusai, why weren't you Zusai?"… — Angeles Arrien Copy Share Image
Praise lies upon a higher plane than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
It is no more informative to speak of self-efficacy in global terms than to speak of nonspecific social behavior — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
And yes, there definitely are many good desires. For example, without the desire for food we would not stay alive. It is… — Don Altman Copy Share Image
People should accept themselves for who they really are and be proud of that and take ownership of that first and learn… — Becky G Copy Share Image
We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
It is better to have the power of self-protection than to depend on any man, whether he be the Governor in his… — Lillie Devereux Blake Copy Share Image
Now of all the idealist abominations that make society pestiferous I doubt if there be any so mean as that of forcing… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I believe that all great art holds the power to dissolve things: time, distance, difference, injustice, alienation, despair. I believe that all… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
“Now comes the hour to choose between being acceptable to others or being acceptable to one's own self, for we must kill… — Morrissey Copy Share Image
It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power,… — Dee Hock Copy Share Image
There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
