Self Quotes · Page 238

The most important use of NVC may be in developing self-compassion.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest.

— Peter Watts

I think self-education is the greatest and best thing you could ever make.

— Tony Robbins

Our sexual self is a complex combination of our social, cultural, and biological inheritance.

— Pepper Schwartz

Fighting was the only way I felt self-worth, with people thinking I was the best.

— Joseph Benavidez

Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.

— Twyla Tharp

To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.

— Anonymous

For some musicians it becomes self-reflexive to think, "I have to write some of my kind of songs now."

— Alan Licht

Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect…

— Edmond de Goncourt

I've always been fascinated with knowing the self. This fascination led me to submerge myself in art, study neuroscience, and later to…

— Ariel Garten

I believe everyday your life speaks to you - through every experience, through the people you meet, and even through pain, fear…

— Oprah Winfrey

I think directing yourself is a monumental task. Just to self edit as an actor, you work for some directors who don't…

— Ashton Kutcher

Of course I was wearing make-up, I never went anywhere without red lipstick for 25 years! It was a form of self-preservation…

— Nan Goldin

We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears…

— Elizabeth Goudge

This is the beauty that emerges from self-confidence, class confidence. That says, I am not born to please. I am born to…

— Susan Sontag

Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be…

— Reggie Watts

I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's…

— Alice Walker

The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you…

— A. J. Jacobs

I used to be very self-conscious. I used to wish I was pretty. My cousin Georgia always taught me that if you…

— Ella Fitzgerald

As a young girl, I never felt attractive. I was fat and unhappy at times, and that kind of thinking stays with…

— Kate Winslet

“If we become aware that someone is sending thoughts of ill will in our direction, we do not argue with the apparent…

— Donna Goddard

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only…

— Adam Smith

As you watch your mind, you discover your self as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self…

— Anonymous

There is a constant in the average American imagination and taste, for which the past must be preserved and celebrated in full-scale…

— Umberto Eco

People never realize how much work impacts there self esteem and sense of purpose until they leave a job.

— Rob Payne

“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.”

— Brian Tracy

When you fix something with your hands it gives you a sense of accomplishment and a sense of self worth.

— Jay Leno

Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.

— Abraham Maslow

If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?

— Zhuangzi

Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self- sovereignty.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Upayog (applied awareness) is considered as Jagruti (awakened awareness).”

— Dada Bhagwan

The first step in this process of mindfulness is radical self-acceptance .

— Stephen Batchelor

Your self-esteem has never been hurt before, right? Don't be so full of yourself then.

— Kim A-joong

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.

— Anonymous

To come out of your inhibition and undesirable bad habits you must inculcate habits of successful people.

— Anil Sinha

Self-esteem is felt even though you may not have done anything yet, but just feel the capability for it.

— Denis Waitley

Art is the method of levitation, in order to separate one's self from enslavement by the earth.

— Anais Nin

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

— James Van Praagh

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

— Anonymous

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

— David Whyte