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Self Quotes by John Dewey
- Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined by their associations.
- 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…
- The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.…
- The good society was, like the good self, a diverse yet harmonious, growing yet unified whole, a fully participatory democracy in which the powers and…
- The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
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
- 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
- Forgive yourself and get over 'self hatred.' In life, everybody screws up I mean everybody. Some people blame themselves for stuff, when… — Pacifiersucker
- Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others. — Ronald Reagan
- Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the… — Samuel Johnson
- Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. — Arnold Bennett