Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

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
People tell one to move on...to let go of the past...to pick oneself up and go on...and yet, these are the same people who have… — Unknown Author
Beauty is the Reflection of one's heart. Peace and serenity only surrounds oneself when honesty and integrity over flows from the soul. Purity can be… — Unknown Author
It taught me how to be a man, how to get up, how to live in pain. Taught me so much about people, timing, focus,… — Deion Sanders
Empathy depends not only on one's ability to identify someone else's emotions but also on one's capacity to put oneself in the other person's place… — Unknown Author
The use of the gerneic second person when one is clearly referring to oneself is quite possibly my biggest language pet peeve. Examples I've heard… — Unknown Author
You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right… — Albert Schweitzer
Am fighting to get you out of my head but am holding on ever word that you had said. Now I know that these wouldn't… — Unknown Author
Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Erotic longing is really a longing to merge with something greater than oneself. For every kind of love is a force that holds the promise… — Unknown Author
To desire to change ones past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn to change. — Lorii Myers

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