Self Quotes · Page 169

Running Makes you more spiritually aware and in tune with your inner-self.

— Fauja Singh

There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves.

— James Harvey Robinson

I have amazing collaborators as well, but I want to learn more and be a self-contained unit.

— FKA twigs

“There is no place or circumstance in this world that can depress You (the Self).”

— Dada Bhagwan

You are an endless conglomeration of awareness. You're not one singular self. You're a corporation.

— Frederick Lenz

“[T]he Enneagram is, at its most abstract, a universal mandala of the self—a symbol of each of us.”

— Don Richard Riso

There seems to really be a self-love theme in every life right now¦

— Adgjm/ptw

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Only the soul that with an overwhelming impulse and a perfect trust gives itself up forever to the life of other men,…

— Phillips Brooks

It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

“Of course, I'm not sure there is such a thing as a real self. You could ransack your innards looking for the…

— Ryū Murakami

“Enriched vocabularies someone had (and used) are produced by a boundless wondrous mind. Sometime with a non mediocre experience also.”

— Nin

“Most of the tools from medieval times were extensions of the physical self. Tools are now extensions of the mental self.”

— Lotoya Peterson

It's really hard to foster self-love; it really is. I think a lot of people who claim that they do have a…

— Devin Townsend

You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the…

— Iyanla Vanzant

Gratitude connects us to others and feeling gratitude allows us to be our best selves. When we are truly grateful, we can…

— M. J. Ryan

Vell," said Mr. Weller, "Now I s'pose he'll want to call some witnesses to speak to his character, or p'raps to prove…

— Charles Dickens

Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better…

— Pema Chodron

It is human self-renunciation when a man denies himself and the world opens up to him. But it is Christian self-renunciation when…

— Soren Kierkegaard

living for oneself is a bad thing. The keenest intellectual pleasure comes from being able to return to the self after being…

— George Sand

The true self seeks release, not constraint. It doesnt want to be corseted in a sonnet or made to learn a system…

— Rachel Cusk

There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire…

— Anthony de Mello

As long as a man is persuaded that he can make even the smallest contribution to his salvation, he remains self-confident and…

— Martin Luther

To be intuitive, we must cultivate our sense of humor and look for reasons to laugh everywhere. We become so self-absorbed and…

— Sonia Choquette

“Not sure I’m capable of selfless. Spent most of my life on the -ish side of self, rather than the -less.” “No”

— Vi Keeland

“It is crucial for us to understand the origins of our low self-esteem before we can transcend it.”

— Kevin Solomons

“To know yourself you must know the transience of your self.”

— Ilyas Kassam

“None of us just pop into the world fully formed, so it's the little facts that make us.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“You don't feel like your best self when you fall apart, but you have to fall apart to become your best self.”

— Richie Norton

Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

You have a deeper, wiser, loving self that you can always ask for help.

— Annette Funicello

You can not Believe in GOD until you can Believe in your self.

— AD

There's nothing like self-improvement to get your friends to like you for who you were.

— Robert Breault

“I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.”

— Melanie Hooyenga

To the degree I was too brash, Too self-confident or too pushy, I apologize.

— Newt Gingrich

Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity.

— Hugh MacLennan

When painters feel the need to make a shift toward self-discovery, they turn to black and white for a time.

— Barnett Newman

The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.

— Reginald Horace Blyth

Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense.

— Motobu Choki

I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.

— Jack Vance