Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough… — P. M. Forni Copy Share Image
Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
“One who does not join in with the unfolding karmic effects (karma oodai) is a Gnani (Self-realized), and an agnani (non-Self-realized) cannot… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Knowing when someone's the real deal or not, but still with putting your guard up and self-protecting, you've got to stay open.… — Eva Mendes Copy Share Image
We must bring light to as many people as possible. Who has time to indulge in self-pity or guilt? In advanced self-giving… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Self-esteem can be defined as the state that exists when you are not arbitrarily haranguing and abusing yourself but choose to fight… — David D. Burns Copy Share Image
There are many ways of casting molecular spells using DNA. What we really want to do in the end is learn how… — Paul W. K. Rothemund Copy Share Image
In any influence, will, a self, the ego, the I AM is the greater force to be dealt with, but as numbers… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
We often think that "bad" relationships are motivating by self-loathing or a wish for self-destruction, but I think that loving people who… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I review books as a day job, and through the years I've come to view the contemporary memoir as, almost always, a… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
Character: The ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed. Character simply stated is… — Hyrum W. Smith Copy Share Image
And if your attitude is that only smarter people have something to teach you, your learning opportunities will be very limited. ...… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
The spirit of the South Atlantic was the spirit of Britain at her best. It has been said that we surprised the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
When life appears to be working against you, when your luck is down, when the supposedly wrong people show up, or when… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
But, if recent history has taught us anything, it’s that self-regulation doesn’t work in finance, and that worries about reputation are a… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core,… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
I am sometimes almost terrified at the scope of the demands made upon me, at the perfection of the self-abandonment required of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Being self worth is greatest gift you can bestow on yourself.Self worth makes you modest & a person of character. — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Knowing all objects to be impermanent, let not their contact blind you, resolve again and again to be aware of the Self… — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Copy Share Image
Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The sole purpose is to provide infinite springs, at which the soul may allay the eternal thirst TO KNOW which is forever… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Woman is learning for herself that not self-sacrifice, but self development, is her first duty in life; and this, not primarily for… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“Currents of desire and excitement that she had not known or thought about for years now flooded in her. She wanted him… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“she slammed the door and was gone. I looked at the closed door and at the doorknob and strangely I didn't feel… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing,… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
I was mostly self-taught on guitar and that had its benefits. It's a great thing to work through problems on your own. — Julian Bream Copy Share Image
The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
“There is no growth without risk. There is always something to be gained from any experience. It is up to us to… — Truth Devour Copy Share Image
The feelings which seek expression in words are mostly egotistical, since they seek to express what flatters our self-love and can show… — Lorenzo Scupoli Copy Share Image
Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no… — Karan Johar Copy Share Image
Bodybuilding is an art, your body is the canvas, weights are your brush and nutrition is your paint. We all have the… — Kai Greene Copy Share Image
The way you support yourself can be an expression of your deepest self, or it can be a source of suffering for… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
When a new truth enters the world, the first stage of reaction to it is ridicule, the second stage is violent opposition,… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
