Self Quotes · Page 431

There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair.…

— Thomas Ligotti

“It takes the fuel away from your endless, driving self-criticism. You will eventually be able to see more clearly that some things…

— Mark Williams

The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is…

— Anonymous

If you can never believe in you're self, then the chances are that you will not make big thing's happen in you're…

— Simpleman

The world, and the great and free United States in particular, is full of narrow-minded, ignorant, moronic, bigoted, cowardly, self-righteous, anemic, pig-headed,…

— Gertrude Atherton

In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to…

— Garry Kasparov

I was a lot more critical of my body when it was probably pretty awesome. Why did I not ever wear jean…

— Jessica Alba

Your dreams are the blueprints of your soul. They should take you by the hand and lead you toward your life's purpose…

— Mac Anderson

As long as the artist invents and is inspired, he remains in a constrained state of mind, at least for the purpose…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

The privilege against self-incrimination is one of the great landmarks in man's struggle to make himself civilized... The Fifth is a lone…

— Erwin Griswold

That wonderful and terribly frightening journey of self-discovery. That process of growth, of being an independent person, of learning who you are…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against…

— Woodrow Wilson

Economic development is something much wider and deeper than economics, let alone econometrics. Its roots lie outside the economic sphere, in education,…

— Anonymous

At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which…

— Dag Hammarskjold

An island can be dreadful for someone from outside. Everything is complete, and everyone has his obstinate, sure and self-sufficient place. Within…

— Tove Jansson

What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was…

— Julian Barnes

I know. So, I was angry with you. I didn't know why. I was angry with the world. I did know why.…

— Gayle Forman

The greatest step toward success is self confidence. The greatest builder of self confidence is self esteem, and self esteem comes from…

— Jim Rohn

The Buhha was a monastic, but the practice of mindfulness in the context of any lifestyle is one of renunciation. Every moment…

— Sylvia Boorstein

The most important thing about the gentleman was that he was an idealist. ... He was bred up to a code of…

— Richard M. Weaver

That's the person I plan on being for a very long time: someone who stands up, someone who is an advocate for…

— Zendaya

Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem…

— Nathaniel Branden

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation…

— John Dewey

I've always felt that maybe one of the reasons that I did well as a student and made such good grades was…

— Denton Cooley

Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human…

— John P. Kotter

There's only one way for an individual to remain upright, not to fall to pieces, not to sink into the mire of…

— Ivan Turgenev

Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. It is a self-existent principle inherent…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

“He (Anwar Sadat) records that he was almost loathe to leave his prison cell because it was there that he realized that…

— Stephen R. Covey

Instead of confronting its real and difficult problems and grappling honestly with a dark past, Hungary embraced a reactionary government and a…

— Susan Faludi

The biggest challenge is self-financing 100% of everything. Recording costs, studio time, engineer fees, travel costs are all a part of the…

— Mya

It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it…

— Arnold J. Toynbee

The integrative tendencies of the individual operate through the mechanisms of empathy, sympathy, projection, introjection, identification, worship- all of which make him…

— Arthur Koestler

“The self who is undone in the encounter with the abyss, that is, the preabyssal self, lives with a misguided consciousness. Without…

— An Yountae

“Frankl asserts that "the potentialities of life are not indifferent possibilities, but must be seen in the light of meaning and values."…

— William Blair Gould

It's Not Going To Be Easy, It Never Has Been For Anybody, But If You Learn To See That As A Chance…

— Pacifiersucker

“Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing. But what about your true name? It is not necessarily your given name. But it…

— Vera Nazarian

Dictatorship played a decisive role in the North's successful effort to maintain the Union by force of arms...one man was the government…

— Clinton Rossiter

The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's…

— Henri Nouwen

A person who makes full use of and exploits his talents, potentialities, and capacities. Such a person seems to be fulfilling himself…

— Abraham Maslow