Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

But loneliness, true loneliness, is impossible to accustom oneself to, and while I was still young I thought of my situation as somehow temporary, and… — Nicole Krauss
To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard — Francis Fukuyama
When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty. — Roald Dahl
The doctor of the future will be oneself. — Albert Schweitzer
No matter how much I admire our schools, I know that no university exists that can provide an education; what a university can provide is… — Louis L'Amour
When you understand that you will die to-morrow, if not to-day, and nothing will be left, then everything is so unimportant!... So one goes on… — Leo Tolstoy
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit. — Jerry Bridges
To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for oneself. — John Berger
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness — Erich Fromm
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back… — Joan Didion
We need to ask God for forgiveness and do all we can to correct whatever harm our actions may have caused. Repentance means a change… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice a… — Sheena Iyengar
Love consists of a commitment which limits one's freedom - it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to… — Pope John Paul II
For the first time in his life, he stopped worrying about results, and as a consequence the terms “success” and “failure” had suddenly lost their… — Paul Auster
Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish… — Iain Banks
If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the people we love. Loving… — Nhat Hanh
If you never left anything or anyone there would be no room for the new. Naturally, to move on is an infidelity -- to others,… — Hanif Kureishi
Some things are too terrible to grasp at once. Other things - naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror - are too terrible to really grasp… — Donna Tartt
Writing poetry is talking to oneself; yet it is a mode of talking to oneself in which the self disappears; and the product's something that,… — Richard Wilbur
Originality is being different from oneself, not others. — Philip Larkin
If any man would come after me, let him deny himself." The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said of Christ when… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to… — Jane Austen
The purpose of life is to familiarize oneself with this after-death body so that the act of dying will not create confusion in the psyche. — Terence McKenna
If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame is one means… — Erich Fromm

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