Self Quotes

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Censorship defeats the right to self determination. — Unknown Author
I am often tired of myself, and I have a notion that by travel I can add to my personality, and so change myself a… — Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
Tomorrow is another day, we rather hope it will be better but better it won't be unless self-foibles are examined. — Barbara Oakley
I was a self-centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong… — Cary Grant
I sense that, without sensitivity to physical pain and pleasure, man would not have known self-interest, and consequently know just or unjust acts. Thus, physical… — Jonathan Balcombe
A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge. — Edward Alsworth Ross
The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem. — Richard Winters
I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading a mean Twitter… — Amy Schumer
The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that… — Ramana Maharshi
Because it is possible to create - creating one's self, willing to be one's self - one has anxiety. One would have no anxiety if… — Maria Popova
Some of the same self-certified smart people, who preached about mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction, are once again trying to stampede us into… — Lloyd Doggett
The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline. — Pat Summitt
Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period… — Bud Wilkinson
Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance. — Zig Ziglar
If someone is identifying themselves based on their orientation toward a person of the same gender, then that seems to me to be a self-evident… — Scott Lively
Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy. — Alexis Carrel
Looking for honest ways to lift one another would . . . be more beneficial to our own self-esteem, for we would see more good… — Neal A. Maxwell
We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from the Earth we tread on… — Joseph Glanvill
The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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