Self Quotes

14166 quotes by 6503 authors

Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman. — William Howard Taft
If we rail and kick against it and grow bitter, we won't change the inevitable; but we will change ourselves. I know. I have tried… — Dale Carnegie
Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've met… — Marc Ian Barasch
The original sin is not that we are inherently flawed, born sinners, or imperfect; the original sin is that we do not recognize, realize that… — Michael Anthony
I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self. — Fred Rogers
The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I might choose for… — Julia Cameron
You break free when you feel neither beneath anyone nor superior to anyone, when you shed the need to control other people, when you create… — Deepak Chopra
The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result of such a… — John Ralston Saul
When we acknowledge the kingdom of the self, we will no longer accept slavery either for ourselves or for others, no matter how it is… — Gerry Spence
I am not pushy. You want it, you buy it. Most people hit the customer over the head. But if you're too self-important, it's kind… — Judith Leiber
An authentic response to who God is and what He's done...What we do is useful to the extent that it provides an ability for our… — Crowder
If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness. — Albert Bandura
A mind might ponder its thought for an epoch, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No matter how much someone may irritate me, I have no right to puff myself up with my own self-importance so as to declare that… — Paulo Freire
The most natively interesting object to a man is his own personal self and its fortunes. We accordingly see that the moment a thing becomes… — William James
When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own… — Keith Haring
Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you… — Napoleon Hill
We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
It's not what you get out of life that counts. Break your mirrors! In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to look less at… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch. — Kemmons Wilson

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