Oneself Quotes

1593 Oneself quotes by 905 unique authors

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless. — Laozi
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe. — Demosthenes
One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good. — Laetitia Casta
The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer. — Eugene Delacroix
When one is a stranger to oneself, then one is estranged from others, too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. Paradoxically, the one sure way not to be happy is deliberately to map out a way… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Concerning all acts of iniative and creation, there is one elementary truth- that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. — W H Murray
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself,… — Laozi
One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought… — Vince Lombardi
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of… — Dorothy Day
Dancing is the last word in life. In dancing one draws nearer to oneself. — Jean Dubuffet
Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It is hard to apply oneself to study when there is no money to pay for food and lodging. I almost never explain these things… — Zora Neale Hurston
To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will… — Bertrand Russell
One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything. — Leo Tolstoy
By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but… — Caroline Myss
Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice and the exercise of… — Archibald MacLeish
To know anything about oneself one must know all about others. — Oscar Wilde
You increase your self-respect when you feel you've done everything you ought to have done, and if there is nothing else to enjoy, there remains… — Eugene Delacroix

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