--- title: "18 Self Want Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 18 Self Want quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Self Want sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/leonard-paul-rose-3184_improve_you-have-to-say-positive-things-to-the-s_814686.jpg" --- > [YOU HAVE TO SAY POSITIVE THINGS TO THE SELF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-paul-rose/you-have-to-say-positive-things-to-the-self-you-want-to-improve/) [LEONARD PAUL ROSE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-paul-rose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/leonard-paul-rose-3184_improve_you-have-to-say-positive-things-to-the-s_814686.jpg) > [“I don,t just want success for my self ,I want my success to benefit others . Osman Gulum”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/osman-gulum/i-don-t-just-want-success-for-my-self-i-want-my-success-to-benefit/) [Osman Gulum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/osman-gulum/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ac/osman-gulum-267623_autobiography_i-don-t-just-want-success-for-my-self-i_291124.jpg) > [Be your self and not what others want you to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu/be-your-self-and-not-what-others-want-you-to-be/) [Ritu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/ritu-828_be-yourself_be-your-self-and-not-what-others-want-yo_2558252.jpg) > [“But I'd also learned that the self might want one thing, but that didn't mean it was right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/but-i-d-also-learned-that-the-self-might-want-one-thing-but-that-didn/) [Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/sherwood-smith-10181_identity_but-i-d-also-learned-that-the-self-might_2084174.png) > [Do not fear to be your true self, for everything you want, wants you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/genevieve-behrend/do-not-fear-to-be-your-true-self-for-everything-you-want-wants-you/) [Genevieve Behrend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/genevieve-behrend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/genevieve-behrend-50282_be-yourself_do-not-fear-to-be-your-true-self-for-eve_899986.png) > [I'm sick to death of this particular self. I want another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/i-m-sick-to-death-of-this-particular-self-i-want-another/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/virginia-woolf-49_death_i-m-sick-to-death-of-this-particular-sel_920596.jpg) > [The more you keep doubting your self is the more you want to give up.Well don't!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-more-you-keep-doubting-your-self-is-the-more-you-want-to-give-up/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/anonymous-1_be-strong_the-more-you-keep-doubting-your-self-is_3008997.jpg) > [Be your self, be what you want to be. dont let people tell you what you should be](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnboimate/be-your-self-be-what-you-want-to-be-dont-let-people-tell-you-what-you/) [Johnboimate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnboimate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/johnboimate-108216_identity_be-your-self-be-what-you-want-to-be-dont_2875001.jpg) > [“Personal responsibility is the essence of self. I, for one, would rather not give that up. Why would we ever want someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-shad-helmstetter/personal-responsibility-is-the-essence-of-self-i-for-one-would-rather/) [Dr. Shad Helmstetter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-shad-helmstetter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/dr-shad-helmstetter-67667_identity_personal-responsibility-is-the-essence-o_1673961.jpg) > [People who want to find a place of rest, want to find an integrated personality, sense of self, want fewer fractures in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/people-who-want-to-find-a-place-of-rest-want-to-find-an-integrated/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/jonathan-safran-foer-136_identity_people-who-want-to-find-a-place-of-rest_229975.png) > [In college, that was when I felt that acting is the one I really wanted because I got to be my true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/troian-bellisario/in-college-that-was-when-i-felt-that-acting-is-the-one-i-really/) [Troian Bellisario](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/troian-bellisario/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/troian-bellisario-13886_acting_in-college-that-was-when-i-felt-that-act_722614.png) > [No matter how tells you that you are wrong always be true to your self and be who you want to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author-name/no-matter-how-tells-you-that-you-are-wrong-always-be-true-to-your/) [Author Name](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/author-name/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/author-name-101_person_no-matter-how-tells-you-that-you-are-wro_2508943.jpg) > [Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward some relief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darin-strauss/everybody-wants-life-to-speak-to-them-with-special-kindness-every/) [Darin Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darin-strauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/darin-strauss-17945_be-you_everybody-wants-life-to-speak-to-them-wi_635639.png) > [Whatever is the lot of humankind I want to taste within my deepest self. I want to seize the highest and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/whatever-is-the-lot-of-humankind-i-want-to-taste-within-my-deepest/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_bliss_whatever-is-the-lot-of-humankind-i-want_596457.jpg) > [There's a self that I want to be... as some ideal person who is actualised. Then there's all the actual particulars of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torrey-peters/there-s-a-self-that-i-want-to-be-as-some-ideal-person-who-is/) [Torrey Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torrey-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/torrey-peters-6000_identity_there-s-a-self-that-i-want-to-be-as-some_798160.jpg) > [If we can stop, listen, and think about what others are seeing in us, we have a great opportunity. We can compare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marshall-goldsmith/if-we-can-stop-listen-and-think-about-what-others-are-seeing-in-us-we/) [Marshall Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marshall-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/marshall-goldsmith-6918_behavior_if-we-can-stop-listen-and-think-about-wh_2957539.jpg) > [I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/i-suppose-everyone-continues-to-be-interested-in-the-quest-for-the-2/) [Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/mary-mccarthy-2691_adventure_i-suppose-everyone-continues-to-be-inter_1468911.jpg) > [I want to show my true self, not how I want to be seen by others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-want-to-show-my-true-self-not-how-i-want-to-be-seen-by-others/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/anonymous-1_self_i-want-to-show-my-true-self-not-how-i-wa_2747774.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/self-want/#itemlist", "name": "Self Want Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "YOU HAVE TO SAY POSITIVE THINGS TO THE SELF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "LEONARD PAUL ROSE" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-paul-rose/you-have-to-say-positive-things-to-the-self-you-want-to-improve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/leonard-paul-rose-3184_improve_you-have-to-say-positive-things-to-the-s_814686.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/leonard-paul-rose-3184_improve_you-have-to-say-positive-things-to-the-s_814686.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/leonard-paul-rose-3184_improve_you-have-to-say-positive-things-to-the-s_814686.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“YOU HAVE TO SAY POSITIVE THINGS TO THE SELF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE” — LEONARD PAUL ROSE", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I don,t just want success for my self ,I want my success to benefit others . 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