Self Quotes · Page 105

The self is only a threshold, a door, a becoming between two multiplicities

— Gilles Deleuze

There are many different forms of betrayal, but one hurts the most, Betraying Your Self.

— Anonymous

Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

Society will never change by its self... only you can help change it.

— Kimiko Rei

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.

— Anonymous

The past is not simply the past, but a prism through which the subject filters his own changing self-image.

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

The object of the Gita appears to me to be that of showing the most excellent way to attain self-realization.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.

— Al Franken

Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and…

— Ayn Rand

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their…

— Anton Chekhov

You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between…

— Amy Tan

Since I'm a highly self-critical person, I try to become better every day. I don't see the point of competing with anyone.

— Disha Patani

I know it's hard for women to tap into that feeling of self-worth. We need to get the message out that you…

— Jennifer Lopez

It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room.

— Peter Paige

“Allow yourself to undertake this journey exactly as you are. Be free to be your imperfect, messy, unenlightened self as well as…

— Katherine Woodward Thomas

What is joy? Joy is nothing but the Self. When desires are fulfilled, the mind is stilled. This allows the Self to…

— Lester Levenson

Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous people. A…

— Charley Reese

“In unfavorable circumstances, kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) occur, and in favorable circumstances, more kashays occur. However, the kashays of favorable circumstances are cold. Those…

— Dada Bhagwan

I don't engage in self-censorship. But I do change everybody to have red hair in the last draft. ... If you give…

— Carol Bly

“[T]hese three days of meditation have revealed to me that every thought I think is, in one way or another, an ugly,…

— Tim Parks

Power is required for communication. To stand before an indifferent or hostile group and have one's say, or to speak honestly to…

— Rollo May

Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self- reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold- hoarding goes…

— Paula Nelson

There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered with hair.…

— Desmond Morris

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is. If you awaken…

— Alan Watts

You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

— Confucius

Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized.

— John Dewey

They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.

— Marianne Moore

Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit.

— Dorothy Thompson

What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear.

— Michel de Montaigne

At the end of the day, I'm the biggest boss. I'm self-made.

— Rick Ross

The day when you determine what you're worth is the day you become worthless.

— Thomas Stone

As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government.

— Dwight Morrow

“where do i find self love?' you dig dig until you find the gold”

— Jenai Charles

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Only in America could you find a way to make a healthy buck, And still keep your attitude on self-destruct.

— Daniel Dumile

“Note To Self! I will stay calm and relaxed no matter what confronts me today, tomorrow and everyday forth!”

— Allan Rufus

Kindness is the essence of truth, when we are kind toward others it reflects our true self.

— Anonymous

There's something very self-conscious about a writer who's addressing his reader. Don't do that.

— Ewan McGregor

“There is no shame in having been the woman I was. She made me the woman I am.”

— Julie-Anne

I've always believed that makeup is a form of self-expression and there is no shame in experimenting with it.

— NikkieTutorials