The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person? — David Sheff Copy Share Image
My intention for my life is to stay centered, and from that intention come my priorities: my son, my family, my job,… — Jewel Copy Share Image
The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
A person likes to think of himself in a certain way, and when something happens that makes that no longer possible, you… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If [being confident stems from] a self-esteem issue, it's important to embrace the things you might define as so-called imperfections - because… — John Slattery Copy Share Image
“No one can repair your self-esteem for you. Your spouse cannot fix it. Your parents cannot fix it. Your boss cannot fix… — Kimberly Giles Copy Share Image
Not complete inaction, which is an error, a confusion, a self-delusion, an impossibility, but action full and free done without subjection to… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
The Buddha taught that all life is suffering. We might also say that life, being both attractive and constantly dangerous, is intoxicating… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
In contrast to the inorganic thereness of lifeless matter, living beings are not mere appearances. To be alive means to be possessed… — Hannah Copy Share Image
The believer's cross is no longer any and every kind of suffering, sickness, or tension, the bearing of which is demanded. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Can I do an impression of me? I don't think I can. It would be the most self-confronting thing you could ever… — Josh Widdicombe Copy Share Image
You may lose the people you love, you may lose the thing you have. But no matter what happens never lose yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me,… — Anwar Sadat Copy Share Image
People should accept themselves for who they really are and be proud of that and take ownership of that first and learn… — Becky G Copy Share Image
There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Who is to blame for this most recent of sports disgraces in America? The culture that flings young athletes like Tyson up… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When all of the selves have been dissolved, you will enter into the super-conscious awareness. Then, you are free. Then, there is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Freedom is indivisible, and either we are working for freedom or you are working for the sake of your self-interests and I… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
“Then you are a poet?' she asked, fingering the flyer in her pocket. 'No not at all,' he waved his hand. 'I… — Karen Tei Yamashita Copy Share Image
Teaching for creativity aims to encourage self-confidence, independence of mind, and the capacity to think for oneself. — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
What proposition is there respecting human nature which is absolutely and universally true? We know of only one,--and that is not only… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We call ourselves a "capacity building" organization; self-motivated and self-initiated capacity building. For example, in 30 years, I don't think I have… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Copy Share Image
The Self is not in the realm of thought. The Self is in the gap between our thoughts. The cosmic psyche whispers… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Self-belief, also called self-efficacy, is the kind of feeling you have when you have, like a Jedi, mastered a particular kind of… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
“it took losing him to finally find myself. It took losing him a second time to be sure of myself. that was… — Amanda Lovelace Copy Share Image
There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity. — Graham Cooke Copy Share Image
I'm a self-taught actor, which means that I had to learn everything on my own, as I wanted to know the craft… — Neeraj Kabi Copy Share Image
What you really are isn’t loyal to your self. It won’t favor your self. It will turn your self into what you… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
For twenty-seven years I was witness to the spiritual deterioration of my own father, watching day after day how everything human in… — Svetlana Alliluyeva Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image