Self Quotes · Page 143

The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

— Arnold Bennett

“​Till mirrors were Invented, Face was not You, Not Even part of Your Performance.”

— Vineet Raj Kapoor

Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity.

— Seneca the Younger

The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other.

— Ayn Rand

I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.

— Kirk Hammett

“When doubt (shanka) does not occur, even for a moment, that is referred to as the Self (Atma).”

— Dada Bhagwan

Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.

— Stephen Covey

“Your first thought is what you've been conditioned to think; what you think next defines who you are.”

— Anonymous

I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It's a great thing to work through problems on your own.

— Julian Bream

Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing,…

— Drew Pinsky

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

“There is no growth without risk. There is always something to be gained from any experience. It is up to us to…

— Truth Devour

The feelings which seek expression in words are mostly egotistical, since they seek to express what flatters our self-love and can show…

— Lorenzo Scupoli

I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no…

— Karan Johar

Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people.

— David A. Bednar

This woman [Bow] was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills…

— Portia de Rossi

I suggest that just as self-consciousness is the goal for all the subhuman forms of life, and as group consciousness, or the…

— Alice Bailey

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, an poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with…

— Abraham Maslow

“The self is constituted within a variety of arenas and in relation to multiple traditions. Self-hood, on this understanding, is both provisional…

— Michael Kenny

Now, for Romney to believe that somebody's grandmother is going to be so cut off she is going to self deport... He…

— Newt Gingrich

For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply…

— Ronald Reagan

He is a wise man who seeks by every legitimate means to make all the money he can honestly, for money can…

— B. C. Forbes

Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“we work to bring our semitamed ego in line with our higher self so that the ego is an instrument of the…

— Jamal Rahman

Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind...

— Mary Baker Eddy

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

— Jack Kornfield

Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade.

— John Dryden

Most happy is he, who is entirely self-reliant, and who centres all his requirements in himself.

— Senoraroy

Self-harm - the world will come at you with knives anyway. You do not need to beat them to it.

— Caitlin Moran

Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God.

— Helen Keller

What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self.

— Charles Spurgeon

Don't judge your success by other peoples opinions. Have self belief.

— Nigel Godrich

I have a strong sense of self, but that's not a negative thing.

— Ray LaMontagne

A mandala is the psychological expression of the totality of the self.

— Carl Jung

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

— Gautama Buddha

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The imagination is not an escape, but a return to the richness of our true selves; a return to reality.

— Anonymous

It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I think self-deprecation is such a disease, and I want to cure everybody of it and so that's my contribution.

— Margaret Cho