Self Quotes

14166 quotes by 6503 authors

Winners are not born, they are self-made. — Pat Summitt
Hard work breeds self-respect. — Pat Summitt
The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you… — John Calipari
The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If… — Rick Pitino
Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself. — Rick Pitino
The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team. — Frosty Westering
Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again.… — John Wooden
Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Humility leads to the highest distinction, because it leads to self-improvement. — Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. — Henry David Thoreau
How different the world would look, how different the state of our nation would be, if there were more sanctified priestly souls! These are souls… — Basilea Schlink
In an age of computer manipulation, surrealism has become banal, a shadow of its former self. — Milton Glaser
Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than people supplied with… — Marshall McLuhan
There are thousands of causes for stress, and one antidote to stress is self-expression. That's what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off… — Garson Kanin
Meditation means to be in non-doing. Meditation is not a doing but a state of being. It is a state of being in one's own… — Rajneesh
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we… — Sogyal Rinpoche
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there is no thought, 'I have… — Shunryu Suzuki
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your… — Eckhart Tolle
I'm interested in memory because it's a filter through which we see our lives, and because it's foggy and obscure, the opportunities for self-deception are… — Kazuo Ishiguro

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