Self Quotes · Page 109

The more flexible we become in our thinking and being, the more we open ourselves to self-awareness & growth.

— James Van Praagh

Fear is giving away your energy and power to a thought or belief you hold to be true.

— Anonymous

Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.

— John Carmack

I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy.

— Sigourney Weaver

Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Upayog (applied awareness) is considered as Jagruti (awakened awareness).”

— Dada Bhagwan

The first step in this process of mindfulness is radical self-acceptance .

— Stephen Batchelor

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.

— Anonymous

If you live through defeat, you are not defeated. If you are beaten but acquire wisdom, you have won. Lose yourself to…

— RZA

I have had to give up so much, so many selves and lives already. I have grown up and out of the…

— Lauren Oliver

Personal power is really the issue. It is only through tremendous attention to detail that you will be able to gain personal…

— Frederick Lenz

Only a development of thought achieved through the self-education of the whole man can prevent any body of thought whatsoever from becoming…

— Karl Jaspers

“Through the wrong belief [of I am Chandubhai] there is worldly life, and when that wrong belief changes, one becomes God.”

— Dada Bhagwan

I'd just love to sit at home, wake up at 10AM, go to my own office with my dog, and write a…

— Dan Harmon

You can spend time self-identifying and figuring out what you are on that, but at some point, you just want to be…

— Amy Ray

I don't like self-righteous people," I say. "What's to like?" says Haymitch, who begins sucking the dregs out of the empty bottles.

— Suzanne Collins

For I wondered that others, subject to death, did live, since he whom I loved, as if he should never die, was…

— Anonymous

As we begin to plan for a new human society, we need to foster common values about clean air, water, and other…

— Jacque Fresco

“Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don’t be afraid to stand firm on the decisions that you make. Trust…

— Stephanie Lahart

[On how she goes about trying to live authentically] Well really listening to my point of view and if I am on…

— Jennifer Beals

Education is a matter of the spirit. No wiser word has been said on the subject, and yet we persist in applying…

— Charlotte Mason

The man is a humbug — a vulgar, shallow, self-satisfied mind, absolutely inaccessible to the complexities and delicacies of the real world.…

— Anonymous

“Why is self confidence arrogant? Why is self-depreciation considered modesty? I worked my ass off to be able to have a high…

— Ronda Rousey

How did I gain from not remembering my earthly self? It allowed me to go deep into realms beyond the worldly without…

— Eben Alexander

To come out of your inhibition and undesirable bad habits you must inculcate habits of successful people.

— Anil Sinha

Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it.

— Denis Waitley

Art is the method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth.

— Anais Nin

Your self-esteem has never been hurt before, right? Don't be so full of yourself then.

— Kim A-joong

When you fix something with your hands it gives you a sense of accomplishment and a sense of self worth.

— Jay Leno

Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.

— Abraham Maslow

“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.”

— Brian Tracy

If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?

— Zhuangzi

Our sexual self is a complex combination of our social, cultural, and biological inheritance.

— Pepper Schwartz

Fighting was the only way I felt self-worth, with people thinking I was the best.

— Joseph Benavidez

Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.

— Twyla Tharp

To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.

— Anonymous

For some musicians it becomes self-reflexive to think, "I have to write some of my kind of songs now."

— Alan Licht

People never realize how much work impacts there self esteem and sense of purpose until they leave a job.

— Rob Payne

“Your self-worth is totally different from your net-worth.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Shame--what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.

— Brennan Manning