Self Quotes

14166 quotes by 6503 authors

Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions. — William James
Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but… — Henry David Thoreau
Self-determination has to mean that the leader is your individual gut, and heart, and mind or we're talking about power, again, and its rather well-known… — June Jordan
I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self. — George Washington Carver
Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges from one's inwardness, for better or worse. As I teach I project the condition of my soul onto… — Parker J. Palmer
The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but… — Woodrow Wilson
You have to be true to yourself, but you have to be true to your best self, not to the self that secretly thinks you… — Stephen Gaskin
I'm actively working hard on learning to appreciate yourself no matter what. If what someone else says can easily derail you, it means your sense… — Emma Stone
Once you forgive yourself, the self-rejection in your mind is over. Self-acceptance begins, and the self-love will grow so strong that you will finally accept… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training. — Thomas Jefferson
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the… — Sun Tzu
The Art of War is self-explanatory — Sun Tzu
It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not… — Sun Tzu
It is the business of a general to be serene and inscrutable, impartial and self-controlled. — Sun Tzu
Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him. — Sun Tzu
It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of… — J. William Fulbright
The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had… — Mark Twain
What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking.… — Maxwell Maltz
The act of taking my own life is not something that I do without a lot of thought. I don't believe that people should take… — Wendy O. Williams
Golf is not a wrestle with Bogey; it is not a struggle with your mortal foe; it is a physiological, psychological and moral fight with… — Arnold Haultain

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