Self Quotes · Page 199

[Peace in Syria] is [António Guterres] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident.

— Bashar al-Assad

Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit.

— Rick Warren

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.

— Ed Koch

Banks have a strong self-preservation instinct and are quick to adapt to new regulations.

— Herve Falciani

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations.

— Vaclav Havel

I believe we all have the Voice of Reason inside us...to gently lead us out of our own self-created hells...

— Bill Hicks

Art is self expression. If you are expressing someone else's personality, that is not art.

— Bennie Wallace

Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.

— Thomas Brooks

Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and…

— Frederick Lenz

It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know?

— Moby

Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such…

— Honore de Balzac

I have a number of proposals how to tackle this issue of self radicalization. I would set up a team exclusively dedicated…

— Hillary Clinton

Far from wife and son am 1, far from land and wealth and other notions of that kind. I am the Witness,…

— Guru Nanak

If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life…

— Tim Ferriss

I didn't think I could be my imperfect self. I pretended I was Marcia, so I was always playing this role. I…

— Maureen McCormick

Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away-- This is no time for thee to sleep-- Up, watch, and…

— Horatius Bonar

When I know who is speaking, I see that there is a commitment. I need to know there is some commitment. I…

— Pierre Huyghe

The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that…

— C. S. Lewis

“One view says ‘It (the world) was created’ and another says ‘it happened (automatically)’. ‘It was created’ is the worldly view and…

— Dada Bhagwan

. . . black women . . . are trained from childhood to become workers, and expect to be financially self-supporting for…

— Gerda Lerner

As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial…

— Thomas Paine

I'm broken I'm tired I won't cry because I have no tear. This is my life my lies are never ending, as…

— Christopher Chan

Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that…

— Camille Paglia

Perhaps the greatest mistake we can make, which causes loss of self-respect, is making the opinions of others more important than our…

— Wayne Dyer

Literary criticism is generally bunk. Nonsense. Usually based on self-serving post-intellectual bullshit.

— John Fante

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

— Jalal Talabani

“I don’t know what understanding myself is. I don’t look inside. I don’t believe I exist behind myself.”

— Alberto Caeiro

“Self worth doesn’t come from self confidence but in loving yourself as you are.”

— Charmaine Shaw

One's self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated.

— George Eliot

“Remove the mask you think others want to see. Instead, let them see your true, authentic self.”

— Pamela Wigglesworth

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

— Philip Neri

“Paradoxically, without self-control you can't be free.”

— Russell Barkley

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.

— Ted Dwane

Religion is only another word for the right use of a man's whole self, instead of a wrong use of himself.

— Henry Ward Beecher

I do love fashion as a mode of self expression, and I appreciate it for being wearable art.

— Melissa Leong

As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial.

— Antonio Munoz Molina

The cause of suffering is that the unbounded Self is overshadowed by the world.

— Patanjali

Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.

— Rosa Parks

“Always be your best self, regardless of the consequences!”

— Owen R. Alcock

SeLF censorsHIP? Not my strong suit...I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g ,…

— Misha Collins