Self Quotes

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The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love. — Thomas Jefferson
The law of self-preservation is higher than written law. — Thomas Jefferson
When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right… — Alexander Hamilton
Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.… — George Washington
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism â€” a sort of religious denial of God. It… — Thomas Paine
Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can. The revelation,… — Yousuf Karsh
I think self-portraits are very difficult. Iâ€™ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light happened to be… — Annie Leibovitz
All photographs are self-portraits. — Minor White
I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. — Arthur C. Clarke
I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a… — Margaret Atwood
I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act. Better to get… — Ray Bradbury
In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved,… — Lynn Johnston
Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined by their associations. — John Dewey
When a school introduces and trains each child of society into membership within such a little community, saturating him with the spirit of service, and… — John Dewey
As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, so I could not be content now, but I must go and… — Daniel Defoe
How sickness enlarges the dimension of a manâ€™s self to himself! — Charles Lamb
Self-admiration giveth much consolation. — Gertrude Atherton
I'm not Buddhist, I'm not Hindu, I'm not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God. I pray all the… — Katy Perry
I only write about stuff thatâ€™s happened to me.. stuff I canâ€™t get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive. — Amy Winehouse
It is only through the psyche that we can establish that God acts upon us, but we are unable to distinguish whether these actions emanate… — Carl Jung

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