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title: "10 Self Assertion Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/self-sufficiency-at-home-self-assertion-abroad/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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> [“from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lao-tzu/from-self-assertion-and-therefore-he-is-distinguished/)

[Lao Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lao-tzu/)

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> [To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/to-be-free-from-all-egoistic-motive-careful-of-truth-in-speech-and/)

[Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/)

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> [Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-santayana/rejection-is-a-form-of-self-assertion-you-have-only-to-look-back-upon/)

[George Santayana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-santayana/)

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> [The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akira-kurosawa/the-japanese-see-self-assertion-as-immoral-and-self-sacrifice-as-the/)

[Akira Kurosawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akira-kurosawa/)

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> [A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/a-successful-social-technique-consists-perhaps-in-finding/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-dawson/unlike-other-peoples-the-united-states-found-their-origin-in-a/)

[Christopher Dawson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-dawson/)

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> [The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-world-looks-for-happiness-through-self-assertion-the-christian-2/)

[Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbf/elisabeth-elliot-1209_abandonment_the-world-looks-for-happiness-through-se_394830.png)

> [If man puts his honor first in relying upon himself, knowing himself and applying himself, this in self-reliance, self-assertion, and freedom, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-stirner/if-man-puts-his-honor-first-in-relying-upon-himself-knowing-himself/)

[Max Stirner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-stirner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c0/max-stirner-6556_assertion_if-man-puts-his-honor-first-in-relying-u_3194709.jpg)

> [Even if it is indifferent to human desires, as it seems to be; if human life is a passing episode, hardly noticeable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/even-if-it-is-indifferent-to-human-desires-as-it-seems-to-be-if-human/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/bertrand-russell-69_acknowledge_even-if-it-is-indifferent-to-human-desir_1650405.jpg)

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