Self Quotes

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The first principle of self-love is that you are not for sale. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Certain people give off positive energy, others negative. It's the quality of someone's being, a measure of the love with which they've led their lives.… — Judith Orloff
In this regard, pleasure is an event; happiness is a process. Pleasure is an end point; happiness is the journey. Pleasure is material; happiness is… — Laura Schlessinger
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your… — Seneca the Younger
Faith-not a faith in one's self or in one's own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may… — Wallace D. Wattles
Great men suffer hours of depression through introspection and self-doubt. That is why they are great. That is why you will find modesty and humility… — Bruce Barton
Is it too late to prevent us from self-destructing? No, for we have the capacity to design our own future, to take a lesson from… — Jean-Michel Cousteau
Loving yourself...does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart,… — Margot Anand
It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history. — Renata Adler
Hungry Hatred, will not strive against intelligence self-interest. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that to discover what… — George Santayana
Let us choose life and love, and happily use our selves up in loving service to one another. — Doris "Granny D" Haddock
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good.… — Sivananda
Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some… — Philip James Bailey
She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every day more bitterly, that young… — Doris Lessing
I don't have any regrets. If I could have talked to my 19- or 20-year-old self, I would have said, 'You're going to be fine.… — Queen Latifah
It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. — Marilyn Ferguson
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long and long. — Walt Whitman
To develop our real selves, we need time alone for thought and meditation. To be always giving out and never pumping in, the well runs… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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