Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim — Graham Greene
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin… — Graham Greene
Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself — Proverb
The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places — Samuel Butler
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself. — Marlene Dietrich
There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best — Doris Lessing
Wit is a treacherous dart. It is perhaps the only weapon with which it is possible to stab oneself in one's own back. — Geoffrey Bocca
One should never limit oneself. — MC Hammer
One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact. — Unknown Author
To be able to move on, one has to learn to forgive not only the person (or people) who have done one wrong but also… — Eugenia Tripputi
I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself. — Jules Renard
Others can lend a hand, or offer advice; but only oneself can get rid of their crap. — S Riley
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Comparing oneself with Galileo or Einstein is certainly good for the ego, provided one refrains from going into too much detail. — John McCarthy
Being extremely honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud
To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can do to himself. — Unknown Author
One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others. — Moliere
Life is but an open Book, with many pages to fulfill. It is soely upon oneself to which the pages shall read. For someday the… — Mike D
Racism, at its finest, is hate of oneself! — Merle Rutledge Jr

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