Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

Late twentieth-century machines have made thoroughly ambiguous the difference between natural and artificial, mind and body, self-developing and externally designed, and many other distinctions that… — Donna J. Haraway
In a sense, a cyborg has no origin story in the Western sense – a ‘final’ irony since the cyborg is also the awful apocalyptic… — Donna J. Haraway
Woman must write her self: must write about women and bring women to writing, from which they have been driven away as violently as from… — Helene Cixous
You can't help people being right for the wrong reasons...This fear of finding oneself in bad company is not an expression of political purity; it… — Arthur Koestler
To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice. — Ellen Glasgow
I never worry about looking cool in front of a guy. I have never been a self-conscious girl. Goofing around is part of being comfortable… — Ashlee Simpson
I'm amazed that I can sit down, put a guitar in my hands and start playing kind of free style, and it will be four… — John Rzeznik
As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So does the one Self take the shape Of every creature… — Marcus Aurelius
It is facile to imply that smoking, alcoholism, overeating, or other ingrained patters can be upended without real effort. Genuine change requires work and self-understanding… — Charles Duhigg
However, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consiously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that… — Charles Duhigg
Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent. — Charles Duhigg
The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in… — Ken Robinson
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on… — Steven Pressfield
Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our… — Steven Pressfield
When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own. — Steven Pressfield
Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. — Steven Pressfield
When we're living as amateurs, we're running away from our calling - meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest… — Steven Pressfield
People around the world are confusing the therapeutic value of self-expression with permission to manipulate others with their wounds. — Caroline Myss
To love yourself, truly love yourself, is to finally discover the essence of personal courage, self-respect, integrity, and self-esteem. These are the qualities of grace… — Caroline Myss
The ability to know that your perceptions are accurate has to happen without others' validation. Intuition is not the result of diet, rituals, or wind… — Caroline Myss
Intuition is natural by-product of flowering of a mature self-esteem and a sense of empowerment – not power over, but power to be — Caroline Myss
Mapping out dozens of deeply focused trips around the world has convinced me that preparation no more spoils the chance for spontaneity and serendipity than… — Phil Cousineau
As you love your own body, so regard everyone as equal to your own body. When the Supreme Experience supervenes, everyone's service is revealed as… — Anandamayi Ma
The same inexpressible Truth is experienced in two ways: as Self-luminous Silence, or as the Eternal Play of the One. — Anandamayi Ma
Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom — M. Scott Peck

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