Self Quotes · Page 194

Innocence is not pure so much as pleased, Always expectant, bright-eyed, self-enclosed

— May Sarton

Groveling for connection from someone who compares you to Hitler is not good for a person's self-esteem.

— Amy Dickinson

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

— Jose Bergamin

I've been the best in the world, and I believe my self worth, it's more important to me than my net worth.

— Henry Cejudo

Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The astonishing light of your own being. ~Hafiz

— Hafiz

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

— Philip Yancey

I give the niggaz what they came to see, a reflection of one self where they aim to be.

— T.I

Sometimes I wonder if there is really goodwill in the world to worry about saving human beings, or whether we are just…

— Enele Sopoaga

“Stop making your self-worth conditional on other people. No one, and I mean absolutely no one has the power to devalue your…

— Elissa Gabrielle

The heart and mind can find peace and harmony by contemplating the transcendental nature of the true self as supreme effulgent life.

— Patanjali

When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal…

— Jess C Scott

Nobody can have the soul of me. My mother has had, and nobody can have it again. Nobody can come into my…

— D. H. Lawrence

“You're only as good as you believe you are. Start seeing yourself as the person you believe you can become. Step into…

— Germany Kent

Who claims that the heathen's view of the world is incorrect? Life gives you nothing! It is ruled by false gods! Nothing…

— Franz Grillparzer

Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

— Robert Downey, Jr

I am talking about ultimate deceit. I am talking about unparalleled treachery. Bottomless lies. Depths that are seen that are previously unimaginable.…

— Henry Rollins

“Isn't it strange that what we call "self" doesn't really constitute of our "own". It consists of parts and bits of so…

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

Instead of "I love you," it would be better to say "I am love-I am the embodiment of Pure Love." Remove the…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Our "society" is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units. Desperately insecure, fearing his woman will leave him…

— Valerie Solanas

Your sexuality is the engine of your humanness. Freed of your self, it is an engine of movement. It isn’t there to…

— John de Ruiter

Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by…

— Nathaniel Branden

“Self-love and compassion for other people commences with accepting responsibility for the harm caused by our own misconduct and by forgiving other…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Government programs aim at getting money for poor people. Our hope was that knowledge would in the long run be more useful,…

— Karl Hess

“No-one loves another More than he loves whatever another within may have That is part of one's self”

— Fernando Pessoa

I think exercise is really important, not just for your physical self, for your body, but for your head.

— Jill Biden

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

— John Kessel

Stan Ulam was lazy, ... He talked too much ... He was self-centered ... . He had an overpowering personality.

— Gian-Carlo Rota

I'm ready to take on different selves and experiment and see what happens.

— Angel Olsen

Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.

— Alain de Botton

Present yourself always As who you would be, And that is the person The world will see.

— Robert Breault

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

— Ramana Maharshi

“Me: am i allowed 2 be good and evil at the same time? Higher self: look around, bb. that's all there is.”

— Melissa Broder

Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed.

— Mason Cooley

When you really love, that makes you feel unsure in your self, even though it is love that reaches your heart.

— John de Ruiter

Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.

— Tullian Tchividjian

Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.

— Dag Hammarskjold

The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self ...

— Sherwood Anderson