Self Quotes · Page 177

Some people have an identity. I have an alibi. I have a shadow self.

— Andre Aciman

The self is merely the lens through which we see others and the world.

— Anais Nin

Humility leads to the highest distinction, because it leads to self-improvement.

— Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet

Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.

— Christopher Hitchens

“Pride can be friend, ego can be foe...depending on which one we choose, or not, to conquer.”

— T.F. Hodge

A Self-realized person does not depend on anybody except God for anything.

— Kavinder Kanwar

Being your self its all a takes if you want to be impressed someone dont be some one else just be your…

— Selena

This civilization is such that one has only to be patient and it will be self-destroyed.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was…

— Pankaj Mishra

It is not the self -critical who reveals his humility ( for does not everyone have some how to put up with…

— John Climacus

I am very much an only child, meaning I am self-reliant, egocentric, sociable. I had my mother, father, and an uncle who…

— Tony Wilson

It is for want of self-culture that the superstition of Travelling, whose idols are Italy, England, Egypt, retains its fascinationfor all educated…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books…

— Randy Pausch

“And don’t feel like you’re committing a felony-level violation of Buddhist dogma just because you think of yourself as being a self.”

— Robert Wright

Self-projection is, more often than not, the move of the minor craftsman, of the tactics of the hour whose inherent weakness is,…

— George Steiner

Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of…

— Ruben Fleischer

Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but…

— Anonymous

One has to see oneself through one's actions, works, and mind. Knowing the Self by the self is not as easy as…

— B.K.S. Iyengar

Adolescents' immature thinking makes it difficult for them to process the divorce. They tend to see things in black-and-white terms and have…

— Mary Pipher

Memory is a wonderfully useful tool, and without it judgement does its work with difficulty; it is entirely lacking in me… Now,the…

— Michel de Montaigne

As with many metaphysical and religious questions, Kant thinks they lie beyond our power to answer them. If you can't stand the…

— Allen W. Wood

Education makes life self-reliant. It inspires man to live with dignity in the society. It is the foremost requisite of a teacher…

— Narendra Modi

“We are complex beings who wake up every day and fight against being labeled and diminished with stereotypes and characterizations that don’t…

— Brené Brown

Despite the obvious fault in the universe, it cannot be used as an excuse for not trying to be your best self.…

— Valerie Plame

The only one who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self.

— Cassandra Clare

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

— Michael Johnson

Reading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves.

— Jonathan Messinger

I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.

— Mason Cooley

I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.

— Kanye West

To know one's self is wisdom, but to know one's neighbor is genius.

— Minna Antrim

“To keep knowing of what ‘One’s Own Self’ is doing, is awareness.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger.

— Pema Chodron

What we seek in love is finding someone with whom we feel safe to reveal our true self.

— Karen Salmansohn

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.

— Joyce Carol Oates

To avoid the conflict , we need to make ourselves aware of it before it erupts.

— Senoraroy

We shape our self to fit this world and by the world are shaped again

— David Whyte

Fear is giving away your energy and power to a thought or belief you hold to be true.

— Anonymous

The more flexible we become in our thinking and being, the more we open ourselves to self-awareness & growth.

— James Van Praagh

Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.

— John Carmack

I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy.

— Sigourney Weaver