Self Quotes

14166 quotes by 6037 authors

Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as… — Barbara De Angelis
Arrogant S.O.B.s run the world. A performer can never have too much self-confidence. The best in every field are likely to strike most people as… — John Eliot
All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and crying fits, my inability to get out… — Hanif Kureishi
The Failure of Will theory is equally popular with people who are not depressed. Get out and take your mind off yourself, they say. You're… — Chase Twichell
But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called sanity… — Philip O Ceallaigh
Are psychiatric crises so overwhelming to the mind that they inhibit the presence of ethics? Is depression at root an amoral phenomenon, its focus on… — Lauren Slater
One trembles to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of the individual's own… — Herman Melville
Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives… — Camille Paglia
The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline. — M. Scott Peck
There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive expectations can be… — Christopher Peterson
The ultimate goal is two states for two people: Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people and the State of… — Barack Obama
The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation.… — John Francis Hylan
If we would listen to our kids, we'd discover that they are largely self-explanatory. — Robert Breault
The world in which we live today-reflecting in so many way the opposite of our sweetness and love-reminds us how desperately important it is to… — Marianne Williamson
Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine,… — Eric Hoffer
When food becomes the enemy, every time we lose the fight we not only gain weight, but lose our self-esteem as well. — Jane Fonda
Life is perpetually creative because it contains in itself that surplus which ever overflows the boundaries of the immediate time and space, restlessly pursuing its… — Rabindranath Tagore
All service should be regarded as an offering to God, and every opportunity to serve should be welcomed as a gift from God. When service… — Sathya Sai Baba
Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be fit for Self-realization… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Self-Realisation. Soul recognition. The entering of Soul into the Soul Plane and there beholding Itself as pure Spirit. A state of seeing, knowing, and being. — Harold Klemp

Who Wrote These Self Quotes

6,037 authors contributed a total of 14,166 Self Quotes, led by these top contributors: