Self Quotes

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Life could be vastly improved if we could count our blessings as self-actualizing people can and do, and if we could retain their constant sense… — Abraham Maslow
War is utter damn nonsense, a vast cancer fed by lies and self seeking malignity on the part of those who don't do the fighting. — John Dos Passos
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more… — Alexander Pope
But our waste problem is not the fault only of producers. It is the fault of an economy that is wasteful from top to bottom-a… — Wendell Berry
We have a duty to look after each other. If we lose control of our government, then we lose our ability to dispense justice and… — Doris "Granny D" Haddock
Greed for enlightenment and immortality is no different than greed for material wealth. It is self-centered and dualistic, and thus an obstacle to true attainment.… — Laozi
People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm. — Robert Redford
When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people up. — Neal A. Maxwell
Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values… — Unknown Author
We have nothing to lose by trusting the infinite power of the Self, except the bondage of our own ignorance. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted… — Henri Frederic Amiel
I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. — Maya Angelou
We never get to love by hate, least of all by self-hatred. — Basil W. Maturin
As Christians learn how self-styled Jews have spent millions of dollars to manufacture the 'Jewish myth' for Christian consumption and that they have done this… — Unknown Author
All hatred driven hence, The soul recovers radical innocence And learns at last that it is self-delighting, Self-appeasing, self-affrighting, And that its own sweet will… — William Butler Yeats
Since our awareness of others is considered our duty, the price we pay when things go wrong is guilt and self-hatred. And things always go… — Nancy Chodorow
The self-hatred that destroys is the waste of unfulfilled promise. — Moss Hart
Self-awareness and healthy self-love go hand in hand. When we love what God has given us and share it with others naturally and without expectations… — Robert J. Wicks
Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics. — Ai Weiwei
The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself. — Bear Grylls

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