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Self Quotes by Julia Cameron
- The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I might choose for…
- Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance.
- We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness…
- As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them.
- In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well stocked fish pond... If…
- As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in the particular, that…
- The refusal to be creative is an act of self-will and is counter to our true nature. When we are open to our creativity, we…
- Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.
- Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges.
- We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is…
- The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is…
- The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.
- We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say…
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
- 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
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- 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
- 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