“Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Apart from anything else, in the most genuinely self-deprecating way, I find it very hard to watch myself on screen, whatever you… — Ulrika Jonsson Copy Share Image
Close your eyes and visualize the person you really want to be, who fits your own concepts of self-respect. If you can… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
“Rather than being guided by images of how to be, people need to attend to how they actually are and to respect… — Leslie S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Happiness must be shared. Selfishness it its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one's self. It is quiet, most… — William B. Ogden Copy Share Image
As a human being you are capable of a higher level of perception than you may now be cognizant of. You are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
living for oneself is a bad thing. The keenest intellectual pleasure comes from being able to return to the self after being… — George Sand Copy Share Image
It is human self-renunciation when a man denies himself and the world opens up to him. But it is Christian self-renunciation when… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I love conversations with kids in the meet and greet lines — little people with little voices! I love babies. Someday I… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Juno: "The heroes of olympus must unite! After your victory over kronos in manhattan...well I fear that wounded jupiter's self-esteem." Percy: Cause… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
There was a time when I was way too reliant upon other people's opinions and perspective of me. And I guess over… — Moby Copy Share Image
Self-censorship, the most important and most successful form of censorship, is rampant. Debate is identified with dissent, which is in turn identified… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I have done a few roles that I've never watched, and if I happen to be flicking through channels and one pops… — Terry O'Quinn Copy Share Image
While some rules are necessary and good for us, living a life based on others' rules, needs, and expectations can stifle your… — Lauren Mackler Copy Share Image
I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am… — Elizabeth Banks Copy Share Image
“your ego is nothing but a mean and cruel deceptive little freak living inside your head that will never bring joy and… — Tony Horton Copy Share Image
Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very… — Julia Sawalha Copy Share Image
Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
I really like writing heroes who aren't necessarily 'Hollywood handsome.' Personally, I think men who are self-confident, intelligent, and funny are outrageously… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
Increasingly, people perceive no difference between the narcissistic self-serving reporters asking questions, and the narcissistic self-serving politicians who evade them. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“To the extent that we retain the critical attitudes and destructive elements we have incorporated into our own personalities, we remain undifferentiated… — Lisa Firestone Copy Share Image
We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self. — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I rejoice when I hear of young men of virtue and talents, worthy to receive and likely to preserve the splendid inheritance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Low self-confidence is simply a problem of Awareness. Once you are aware of the Truth about yourself, you will be able to… — Robert Anthony Copy Share Image
We are the eyes of the cosmos. So that in a way, when you look deeply into somebody's eyes, you're looking deep… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts. — Al Goldstein Copy Share Image
My friend Kurt Maix once described this diffidence as Fear's friendly sister, the right and necessary counterweight to that courage that urges… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
So now I have confessed that he is thine, And I my self am mortgaged to thy will, My self I'll forfeit,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Stars now also have problems with drugs, and it can be even harder being so out in the public eye - it's… — Maureen McCormick Copy Share Image
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Be a self-starter. Do it now! When you don't know how to do something, start. Beware of the paralysis of analysis. Be… — Mamie McCullough Copy Share Image
To be born again means that we must be changed from a negative to a positive self-image - from inferiority to self-esteem,… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
All the great teachers have left a similar message: Go within, discover your invisible higher self and know God as the love… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse Contemplation, she plumes her feathers, and lets grow her… — John Milton Copy Share Image
