Self Quotes · Page 129

A peevish self-willed harlotry it is. *She’s a stubborn little brat.*

— William Shakespeare

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

— Samuel Johnson

I was a nerd, and now I m no more nerd but a trendsetter!

— Sweety

Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.

— Anonymous

I have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I'm basically self-sufficient.

— Imran Khan

Change is continuous and the aggregate of the self is constantly shifting.

— Frederick Lenz

The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others.

— Eric Hoffer

COURAGE is not a quality you teach. Courage is the by-product of self-discipline. It is an ATTITUDE.

— Gerry Lindgren

Isn't it possible that self-esteem isn't causal at all, but simply the happy side effect of a sturdy character, itself the product…

— Garry Trudeau

It is the leader's role to lift followers out of their everyday selves up to a higher level of awareness, motivation, and…

— Donald T. Phillips

By travelling across frontiers, on horseback and in the imagination, Montaigne invited us to to exchange local prejudices and the self division…

— Alain de Botton

Don't be afraid to fail. The greatest failure of all is failure to act when action is needed. Use the information that…

— John Wooden

Determine where you are and where you wish to be. Then use all of your self-effort to make that happen, following the…

— Frederick Lenz

I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance,…

— Simon Conway Morris

“To remain strong in the effect as the Self (Swaparinaam) such that, ‘This is an effect of the non-Self (parparinaam) and it is not My effect;’…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Find your self love. Find that precious thing inside you that makes you want to live. And when you’ve found it, hold…

— Valjeanne Jeffers

The nation was founded and "dedicated," to use Lincoln's language in the "Gettysburg Address," to equality as a "self-evident truth." But this…

— Ronald Takaki

“The self that is self we imagined we were our whole lives. But we were never that self, not really. We were…

— Cecil Baldwin

The divine within you is stronger than anything that is without you. Therefore, be not afraid of anything. Rely on your own…

— Sivananda

“You ironically have to have a very strong ego structure to let go of your ego. You need to struggle with the…

— Richard Rohr

It's easy to pretend 'to be fierce and fearless because living your truth takes real courage. Real fearless and fierce women admit…

— Gabrielle Union

What I will say is that what I have learned for myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else; and…

— Lupita Nyong'o

To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible,…

— Diablo Cody

“Old photographs are very deceiving, they give us the illusion that we are alive in them, and it's not true, the person…

— José Saramago

I'm not the perfect guy but I know my self that I'm better to be perfect.

— AlexGman

Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly.

— Rumi

Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Respect for self only can bring you respect from others.

— Senora Roy

“Eternal love’ (sanatan sneha) is indeed moksha [ultimate liberation].”

— Dada Bhagwan

I am a driven writer. I feel guilty if I don't write, not self-indulgent if I do.

— Marge Piercy

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Selfishness at the expense of others is bad. Self-care for the betterment of others is good.”

— Richie Norton

We will only hurt our self if we will try to be gods our selves.

— Senoraroy

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to…

— William Shakespeare

Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest.

— Ayn Rand

My playing style is very eccentric and mostly self taught.

— Steve Young

Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.

— Marianne Williamson

Good horror is about so much more than slashing: it's a way of examining grief and loss of self.

— Lucy Boynton

I can feel my old self come out more and more in trainings.

— Charlie Davies

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

— Sophia Amoruso