Self Quotes

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Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. — Eric Zorn
The hardest victory is the victory over self. — Aristotle
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. — Hosea Ballou
The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or… — Iris Murdoch
After thorough reflection, I realized that my desire to achieve my goals in this sport outweighed my self-doubt. This perseverance has helped me to be… — Jonathan Horton
Personality of reincarnating as Paulo was that of his deceased sister, Emilia. She made several suicidal attempts. Finally she took cyanide and died very quickly… — Ian Stevenson
Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential. — Bud Wilkinson
Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or… — Doris Brown Heritage
Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort… — Mary Lou Retton
The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for ultimate… — Royal Robbins
Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of school for courage,… — Alain Robert
It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress. — Okakura Kakuzo
One of the characteristics of love relationships that flower is a relatively high degree of mutual self-disclosure - a willingness to let our partner enter… — Nathaniel Branden
Love is a verb. Love is something you do: the sacrifices you make, the giving of self. If you want to study love, study those… — Stephen Covey
Love: To feel with one's whole self the existence of another being.... — Simone Weil
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.... — Thomas Traherne
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish… — Ayn Rand
Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need support. — Isadore Sharp
Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits of our finite selves to… — Unknown Author
If you tell yourself something often enough you will start to believe it, that is why you must make self love your mantra. — Leon Brown

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