Self Quotes

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Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance… — Russell Baker
To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. — Abu Bakr
In high school, I was so painfully self-aware that how I thought of myself was probably very different from what other people thought of me.… — Amy Adams
I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial… — Roger Nash Baldwin
The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. — Honore de Balzac
In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life. — Albert Bandura
Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself. — Tyra Banks
I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get a job interview. That really… — Tyra Banks
I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant. — John Banville
I'm full of self-doubt. I doubt everything I do. Everything I do is a failure. — John Banville
I have to live with both my selves as best I may. — Brigitte Bardot
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to die, I just want everyone… — Roseanne Barr
I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your… — Roseanne Barr
The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make… — Drew Barrymore
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. — John Adams
Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of… — Frederic Bastiat
Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. — Charles Baudelaire
It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from growing up in… — Melody Beattie
And I've come to the place where I believe that there's no way to solve these problems, these issues - there's nothing that we can… — Glenn Beck

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