Self Quotes

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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the… — Woodrow Wilson
Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade. — John Dryden
Happiness does not consist in self-love. — Joseph Butler
If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness. — Leon Kass
When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion,… — Eckhart Tolle
One can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may gain a sense of inner peace… — Eda LeShan
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. 'I am' is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with effort is self-inquiry.… — Ramana Maharshi
Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself. — Confucius
One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none the… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Valor consists in the power of self recovery. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is nothing less than the power of God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority… — John C. Maxwell
Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit. — John C. Maxwell
We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the band, artist, writer,… — Andy Wilkinson
All I know is when I start getting serious about songwriting... it's like a playground. All responsibilities slip away and you're with your essence. There… — Laura Nyro
Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential… — John D. MacDonald
[T]o love a specific person, and to identify with his or her struggles and joys as if they were your own, you have to surrender… — Jonathan Franzen
Solitude. It is way underrated in our world of writing. We stay busy. We act busy. We thrive on busy. The truth is there is… — Bonnie Baker
Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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