--- title: "10 Self Sabotaging Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Self Sabotaging quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Self Sabotaging sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/susan-c-young-156_attitude-quotes_take-a-moral-inventory-of-ways-you-may-b_3054360.jpg" --- > [“Take a moral inventory of ways you may be self-sabotaging and then take proactive steps to change them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-c-young/take-a-moral-inventory-of-ways-you-may-be-self-sabotaging-and-then/) [Susan C. Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-c-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/susan-c-young-156_attitude-quotes_take-a-moral-inventory-of-ways-you-may-b_3054360.jpg) > [My teacher said I had a self sabotaging personality when I showed up drunk for traffic school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/green-monk/my-teacher-said-i-had-a-self-sabotaging-personality-when-i-showed-up/) [Green Monk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/green-monk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/green-monk-388_funny_my-teacher-said-i-had-a-self-sabotaging_2231288.jpg) > [“Pain serves to help you grow, don't run from it by self-sabotaging. You will slow your progress and hinder your growth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanesia-harris/pain-serves-to-help-you-grow-don-t-run-from-it-by-self-sabotaging-you/) [Tanesia Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanesia-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/tanesia-harris-27848_pain_pain-serves-to-help-you-grow-don-t-run-f_1257308.jpg) > [Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-victor-hansen/lack-of-forgiveness-causes-almost-all-of-our-self-sabotaging-behavior/) [Mark Victor Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-victor-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/mark-victor-hansen-2492_behavior_lack-of-forgiveness-causes-almost-all-of_554321.jpg) > [The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connie-zweig/the-rewards-are-profound-shadow-work-enables-us-to-alter-our-self/) [Connie Zweig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connie-zweig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/connie-zweig-33786_achieve_the-rewards-are-profound-shadow-work-ena_287136.jpg) > [A critical key to achieving success lies in your ability to activate your potential to create the results you seek... start by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-mackler/a-critical-key-to-achieving-success-lies-in-your-ability-to-activate/) [Lauren Mackler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-mackler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/lauren-mackler-23236_ability_a-critical-key-to-achieving-success-lies_2535685.jpg) > [To me, that's the important issue about spiritual principle: that you recognize it as both that which saves you from the self-sabotaging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/to-me-that-s-the-important-issue-about-spiritual-principle-that-you/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/marianne-williamson-90_disaster_to-me-that-s-the-important-issue-about-s_492571.png) > [People ask, why hasn't that person busted out? Almost always, at the end of it, consciously or subconsciously, it hasn't happened because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-gethard/people-ask-why-hasn-t-that-person-busted-out-almost-always-at-the-end/) [Chris Gethard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-gethard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/chris-gethard-2655_asks_people-ask-why-hasn-t-that-person-busted_602932.jpg) > [I think people kind of come up and go, "Why hasn't that person busted out?" Almost always at the end of career,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-gethard/i-think-people-kind-of-come-up-and-go-why-hasn-t-that-person-busted/) [Chris Gethard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-gethard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/chris-gethard-2655_chosen_i-think-people-kind-of-come-up-and-go-wh_1002607.jpg) > [As long as I can remember, I saw myself as black. I was socially conditioned to discard that. It was an all-white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-dolezal/as-long-as-i-can-remember-i-saw-myself-as-black-i-was-socially/) [Rachel Dolezal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-dolezal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1a/rachel-dolezal-12300_culture_as-long-as-i-can-remember-i-saw-myself-a_761534.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-sabotaging/#itemlist", "name": "Self Sabotaging Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Take a moral inventory of ways you may be self-sabotaging and then take proactive steps to change them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susan C. 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