Self Quotes · Page 176

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

— Vladimir Kramnik

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.

— Rick Warren

If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else?

— George Carlin

The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.

— Thomas Jefferson

Motherfucker. She leaves me no choice. Now I have to break her self-esteem, sleep with her and steal the shirt.

— Tucker Max

If you're about to talk about someone's faults, speak of yours first.

— Anonymous

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient.

— Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

— Josh Billings

We can all be self-destructive. I make terrible choices all the time. It's uncomfortable to admit that you did a thing that…

— Clare-Hope Ashitey

“Understanding myself is the foundation upon which i can build a joyful > meaningful > fulfilling > uplifting > life!”

— Allan Rufus - Daily Life Adjustments

EGO is just like DUST in the EYES. Without CLEANING dust. You CAN'T SEE anything clearly! So, Clear Ego and See The…

— Pacifiersucker

For godliness is not the consequence of your capacity to imitate God, but the consequence of His capacity to reproduce Himself in…

— W. Ian Thomas

self-sacrifice is one of a woman's seven deadly sins (along with self-abuse, self-loathing, self-deception, self-pity, self-serving, and self-immolation).

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“To the artist, all problems of art appear uniquely personal. Well, that's understandable enough, given that not many other activities routinely call…

— David Bayles

“Until we heal the root cause of our suffering, and awaken to our true nature, our inherent confusion will continue to manifest…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

Welfare culture is bad not just because, as in Europe, it's bankrupting the state, but because it enfeebles the citizenry, it erodes…

— Mark Steyn

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way…

— Tony Robbins

The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas. If you're ready to listen and if…

— Anthony de Mello

She did not need to fold into herself and self-destruct. Those awful things are survivable, because we are as indestructible as we…

— John Green

The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of…

— Asaram

No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is…

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that…

— Frans de Waal

When you're a self-made man you start very early in life. In my case it was at nine years old when I…

— Kirk Kerkorian

If someone harmed or tortured or killed one of my children I'd feel everything almost anyone else would feel. I'd probably have…

— Galen Strawson

I've got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it ...

— Kurt Vonnegut

This is me when I do self harm and afterwards I wish I could take it back

— Slowly_fading

Books simply help you to see what is already within your self. That's what enlightenment is all about.

— Anonymous

To me, even what the glossies would consider a fashion disaster are still self expression.

— Michelle Visage

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

— John Ruskin

It's a basic fact about being human that sometimes the self seems to just melt away.

— Jonathan Haidt

Everyone has an enemy but no ones biggest enemy is them self your inner me

— Richard Reyes

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station

— Anonymous

I'am not who you want to be, but I'm who you can't be, Respect yourself and everybody respect you.

— MedMed

Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect

— George Sand

“Self-evaluation and assessment should be a major part of our lives as believers”

— Sunday Adelaja

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

— Richard Cecil

The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-sat-isfied man.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

This is the nature of going forward into being: A series of self-transforming ascents of level.

— Terence McKenna

I never want to end up being a self-centered, vain human being.

— Taylor Swift