The stories that I want to tell are completely, well, somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems. — Nicole Holofcener 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
There are the terrible ones who carry about in themselves the beast of prey, and have no choice except lusts or self-laceration.… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I suppose is very cathartic to do a show to the masses and you get to make magic in a manner that… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
Worry is nothing but practical infidelity. The person who worries reveals his lack of trust in God and that he is trusting… — Lee Roberson 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
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
Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics of it, the… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Kindliness, friendliness, the courtesy of the heart, are ever-flowing streams of non egoistic impulses, and have given far more powerful assistance to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I shall pray to God to send charity to this hideous world, and sympathy for the weak, and love for the unhappy… — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
A good way to rid one's self of a sense of discomfort is to do something. That uneasy, dissatisfied feeling is actual… — William Morris Copy Share Image
Being is accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature. But don't seek to grasp it with your… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The tree can teach you forbearance and tolerance. It offers shade to all, irrespective of age, sex or religion, nationality or status.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Welfare policies never attain those - allegedly beneficial - ends which the government and the self-styled progressives who advocated them wanted to… — Ludwig von Mises 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
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
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
“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 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
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
