Self Quotes · Page 159

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

— Frederick Lenz

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

— Imran Khan

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

— AlexGman

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

— Gerry Lindgren

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

— Eric Hoffer

Respect for self only can bring you respect from others.

— Senora Roy

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Rumi

“Do not compare yourself with anybody. Compare yourself with yourself, for yourself and by yourself. We are all uniquely pottered and purposed…

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness…

— Joseph Butler

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be…

— Alice Duer Miller

Emotions are there to enjoy life; but they are not used in self-reflection because they inhibit a proper reflection. They gunk us…

— Frederick Lenz

We manifest character when self - sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of…

— Myles Munroe

I would turn the question around to people, especially those reporters who wrote some of those articles. Are you advocating our daughters…

— Matt Shea

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy…

— Eric Hoffer

“Before man attempts to solve the secrets of the Universe without, he should master the Universe within—the Kingdom of the Self.”

— Yogi Ramacharaka

A revolution without a prior reformation would collapse or become a totalitarian tyranny. A reformation means that masses of our people have…

— Anonymous

Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means…

— Simon Pegg

How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before…

— Anonymous

We are all engaged in the task of peeling off the false selves, the programmed selves, the selves created by our families,…

— Anais Nin

When I was at art school, a lot of art education is about art being a means of self-expression, and as an…

— Andy Goldsworthy

The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty…

— William Hazlitt

Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what…

— Alain de Botton

I saw that publishing all over the world was deeply constrained by self-censorship, economics and political censorship, while the military-industrial complex was…

— Julian Assange

“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

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— Senoraroy

My playing style is very eccentric and mostly self taught.

— Steve Young

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

— Ayn Rand

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

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

— Thomas a Kempis

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

— Sophia Amoruso

The experience of the self is always a defeat for the ego.

— Carl Jung

There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.

— Anonymous

The only clear view is from atop the mountain of your dead selves.

— Peter J. Carroll