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Self Quotes by John Templeton
- The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we…
- The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
- It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.
- You are present in your life on earth at this moment for the purposes of living, loving, learning, and growing. Be assured that life can…
- Life is made up not necessarily of great sacrifices or high-level duties but of little things. The smiles, the kindnesses, the commitments and obligations and…
- What happens when we begin to praise our own abilities? And this is not focusing on an inflated ego, but on appreciation and praise. What…
- Taking responsibility nurtures self-confidence, and self-confidence can help you to be a more interesting and attractive person. And best of all, the more you believe…
More Self Quotes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
- Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us… — David Attenborough
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden