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Self Quotes by Albert Ellis
- If human emotions largely result from thinking, then one may appreciably control one's feelings by controlling one's thoughts - or by changing the internalized sentences,…
- The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.
- The great majority of the things we now make ourselves panicked about are self-created 'dangers' that exist almost entirely in our own imaginations.
- Lack of forgiveness of others breeds lack of self-forgiveness.
- You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use…
- The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for.
- Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
- For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.…
- Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire…
- Attempts to help humans eliminate all self-ratings and views self-esteem as a self-defeating concept that encourages them to make conditional evaluations of self. Instead, it…
- Is self-esteem a sickness? That's according to the way you define it. In the usual way it is defined by people and by psychologists, I'd…
- This, perhaps, goes to show that conditional self-esteem, as I have said for many years, is an insidious, real sickness, so much so that even…
More Self Quotes
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- If there is any aim to achieve by all of us as a human being, it is to be so strong that… — Senoraroy
- Forgive yourself and get over 'self hatred.' In life, everybody screws up I mean everybody. Some people blame themselves for stuff, when… — Pacifiersucker
- It is the policy of the Indian government: We can lament the lack of talent in the country because it is easier… — Mak_786
- The value of the Old Testament may be dependant on what seems its imperfection. It may repel one use in order that… — C.S. Lewis