Sense of self Quotes

A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.

— Kimberly Elise

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

— Jeff Koons

Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect.

— Cressida Cowell

If you fix your sense of self to your job, then you're heading for disaster.

— Sue Perkins

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

— Gwen Stefani

I know who I am. I have a very strong sense of self.

— Kristen Stewart

A man's sense of self is defined through his ability to achieve results.

— John Gray

To me, redneck is a sense of self and a way of life.

— Gretchen Wilson

Sometimes in L.A., we get accused of being superficial. I feel like Portland's the opposite, in that there's a greater depth of…

— Ruben Fleischer

“Their (men) sense of self is defined through their ability to achieve results. They experience fulfillment primarily through success and accomplishment.”

— John Gray

I will always be fashion. I try to pull it together. I think that comes from a sense of self. That's how…

— Erika Jayne

Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric…

— Dan Chaon

Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to…

— Gay Talese

The whole objective universe is created, ordered, by our perception and by our sense of self.

— Frederick Lenz

Forgiveness happens naturally when you see that it has no purpose other than to strengthen a false sense of self, to keep…

— Eckhart Tolle

The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self…

— Frederick Lenz

“Nothing crushes in the person his sense of self such as him following the common opinions, and be unable to make criticizing…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

Having a strong sense of self is fundamental to you, no matter what you're doing. I don't care if you're a stay…

— Shonda Rhimes

I think sharing your experiences with younger players is something that's hugely valuable for your team, for your program. It kind of…

— Christen Press

“Yes, a guide can help point the way to your own sense of self and your purpose in life. No, a guide…

— Deepak Chopra

With the support of my family, my constant pillar of strength and protection, I have risen above hate with love and excellence,…

— A. J. Odudu

I think that social networking makes people more connected, yet more distant, so there are people with less ties to real friend…

— Lena Dunham

I want to learn how to hold the paradoxical poles of my identity together, to embrace the profoundly opposite truths that my…

— Parker J. Palmer

“In ways so closely tied to an individual's sense of self that it may not be apparent, the set of assumptions, privileges,…

— Derrick Bell

“A personality disorder is not the foreign presence of demonic possession or a cancerous cluster of cells spreading among the internal organs.…

— Merri Lisa Johnson

“When a child's needs are not met (because they conflict with those of its caretakers), the child's boundaries become defined by the…

— Joel Friedman

It's amused me the writers who have assumed that I was referring to a hateful quality of society in the '80s. I…

— Mark Flood

“The ego isn't a bad thing. If we didn't develop a strong ego, a strong sense of self, we wouldn't be able…

— Paul Levy

“I've spent my entire life trying to find those who could guide me and help me. I then wrote books based on…

— Robin Sacredfire

“The most spiritually credible people I know are humble and soft-spoken. They don’t strut around like peacocks, enchanted by how wonderful they…

— Judith Orloff

Hard-earned achievement brings a sense of self-worth. Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to…

— D. Todd Christofferson

My overall approach toward art is to remain as open as possible in front of the world, to always be curious, not…

— Daniel Buren

“The train slows and lengthens, as we approach London, the centre, and my heart draws out too, in fear, in exaltation. I…

— Virginia Woolf

“For ages you have come and gone courting this delusion. For ages you have run from the pain and forfeited the ecstasy.…

— Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“The particular egoic patterns that you react to most strongly in others and misperceive as their identity tend to be the same…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Reading these stories, it's tempting to think that the arts to be learned are those of tracking, hunting, navigating, skills of survival…

— Rebecca Solnit

“There comes a point when you realize that these things, these brands, aren't "enough." Having more or better or best doesn't provide…

— Debbie Millman

“Some people with DID present their narratives of sadistic abuse in a quite matter-of-fact way, without perceptible affect. This may sometimes be…

— Graeme Galton

“Being held by him, kissed and mastered, taken under and swept away, enthralled her in a way she—an independent woman if nothing…

— Tracy Sumner

“And how easy it was to leave this life, after all - this life that could feel so present and permanent that…

— Sylvia Brownrigg