--- title: "11 Taught Self Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Taught Self quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Taught Self sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/jamila-woods-11916_age_i-wish-that-more-people-especially-young_3167320.jpg" --- > [I wish that more people, especially young people, were taught about self-love at a younger age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamila-woods/i-wish-that-more-people-especially-young-people-were-taught-about/) [Jamila Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamila-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/jamila-woods-11916_age_i-wish-that-more-people-especially-young_3167320.jpg) > [Punk gave us an engine and it taught us to be self-fulfilling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andi-oliver/punk-gave-us-an-engine-and-it-taught-us-to-be-self-fulfilling/) [Andi Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andi-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/andi-oliver-6121_engine_punk-gave-us-an-engine-and-it-taught-us_554706.jpg) > [I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-torv/i-had-a-fantastic-mother-who-taught-me-self-confidence/) [Anna Torv](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-torv/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/anna-torv-18017_confidence_i-had-a-fantastic-mother-who-taught-me-s_1699595.png) > [My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-oliver/my-father-s-example-taught-me-self-reliance-to-make-my-own-luck-and/) [Neil Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/neil-oliver-28285_example_my-father-s-example-taught-me-self-relia_1627923.jpg) > [“Be grateful for the life of those who mass up challenges on the paths to your fulfillment. At least they taught you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/be-grateful-for-the-life-of-those-who-mass-up-challenges-on-the-paths/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/israelmore-ayivor-79_be-grateful_be-grateful-for-the-life-of-those-who-ma_1606635.jpg) > [There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/there-are-too-many-books-the-books-are-terrible-and-this-is-because/) [Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25a/fran-lebowitz-690_book_there-are-too-many-books-the-books-are-t_1998320.png) > [My father has been a motivation in my life, he always taught me to be a self-made man because he also started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jubin-nautiyal/my-father-has-been-a-motivation-in-my-life-he-always-taught-me-to-be/) [Jubin Nautiyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jubin-nautiyal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/jubin-nautiyal-6065_father_my-father-has-been-a-motivation-in-my-li_2548582.jpg) > [The vast majority of the students I have taught have become self-sufficient and confident individuals who enjoy their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-vast-majority-of-the-students-i-have-taught-have-become-self/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-vast-majority-of-the-students-i-have_2330642.jpg) > [My mother has taught me to be self-reliant, independent and ambitious. She has taught me to chase my goals even though nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angad-bedi/my-mother-has-taught-me-to-be-self-reliant-independent-and-ambitious/) [Angad Bedi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angad-bedi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/881/angad-bedi-6323_ambitious_my-mother-has-taught-me-to-be-self-relia_2155967.jpg) > [If it had taught them nothing else, twenty years of living past high school had taught them self-preservation. ... No one was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/if-it-had-taught-them-nothing-else-twenty-years-of-living-past-high/) [Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/sharyn-mccrumb-18772_be-kind_if-it-had-taught-them-nothing-else-twent_1873698.png) > [We tell girls to be themselves, but then they have role models - sometimes too many role models - in popular culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-gregoire-trudeau/we-tell-girls-to-be-themselves-but-then-they-have-role-models/) [Sophie Gregoire Trudeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-gregoire-trudeau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d8/sophie-gregoire-trudeau-8317_amazing_we-tell-girls-to-be-themselves-but-then_2762190.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/taught-self/#itemlist", "name": "Taught Self Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ 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