Former Self Quotes

22 Former Self quotes by 20 unique authors

In an age of computer manipulation, surrealism has become banal, a shadow of its former self. — Milton Glaser
As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions… — Simon Newcomb
It was astonishing that for some considerable distance around the mould growth the staphococcal colonies were undergoing lysis. What had formerly been a well-grown colony… — Alexander Fleming
You are emerging from the cocoon of your former self. There are no limits to the extent of the transformation that's possible for you. — Marianne Williamson
If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking… — A. J. Jacobs
I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy? — Victor Cruz
Love changes us and helps us move forward in life. It often helps us become the people we've always wanted to be and move away… — Adam Wilde
Do not feed your ego and your problems, with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be… — Eknath Easwaran
Mom is losing, no doubt, because our vegetables have come to lack two features of interest: nutrition and flavor. Storage and transport take predictable tolls… — Barbara Kingsolver
Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears. — Nouman Ali Khan
Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of your former self turns into… — Marianne Williamson
Great art is more than a transient refreshment. It is something which adds to the permanent richness of the soul's self-attainment. It justifies itself both… — Alfred North Whitehead
I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety… — Jane Smiley
I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have… — Kay Redfield Jamison
I mean, if you were to find a shattered mirror, find all the pieces, all the shards and all the tiny chips, and have whatever… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
If any person wants to see clearly just how much she has changed - whether for better or worse - let her revisit after some… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive. — Sarah Dessen
I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a… — Maureen Johnson
If you take my own life, the longer you stay in a country, you almost lose your former self and become this third-party person who… — Greg Poehler
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. — Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. — Ernest Hemingway
"You're fired!" No other words can so easily and succinctly reduce a confident, self-assured executive to an insecure, groveling shred of his former self. — Frank P Louchheim

Who Wrote These Former Self Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 22 Former Self Quotes as follows: