Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

You spend hours alone, only with your thoughts, and you torture yourself. It's a tendency of many writers to temper the self-destructive act of writing… — Ben Gibbard
Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants from the countryside… — Jared Diamond
Besides justifying the transfer of wealth to kleptocrats, institutionalized religion brings two other important benefits to centralized societies. First, shared ideology or religion helps solve… — Jared Diamond
There are certain bad habits we've groomed our whole life -- from personality flaws to fashion faux pas. And it has been the role of… — Neil Strauss
Go APE: Author a great book, Publish it quickly, and Entrepreneur your way to success. Self-publishing isn’t easy, but it’s fun and sometimes even lucrative.… — Guy Kawasaki
A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur—or APE. — Guy Kawasaki
The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you’re sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read. — Guy Kawasaki
The desire to be self-supporting and financially independent is a divine desire — Catherine Ponder
What I’d like to teach my daughter about self-image and self-esteem is that you’re beautiful on the inside and the outside, and not to get… — Dara Torres
Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives — Vernon Howard
All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied. — Vernon Howard
As incredible as it sounds, an unhappy man does not realize that happiness is better than unhappiness. Knowing only his own concealed anguish, he worships… — Vernon Howard
If believers feel that their faith is trivialized and their true selves compromised by a society that will not give religious imperatives special weight, their… — Ellen Willis
Man is the only living being who has a developed self-awareness and death-awareness. — Theodosius Dobzhansky
When one begins to reflect on philosophy—then philosophy seems to us to be everything, like God, and love. It is a mystical, highly potent, penetrating… — Novalis
Human beings did not have rights. Human beings created, from nothing, the domain of human rights. They called it up. They languaged it. They communicated it. Communication has that… — Werner Erhard
Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Love is a function of communication. Health is a function of participation. Self expression is a function of… — Werner Erhard
Self expression is a function of responsibility. — Werner Erhard
I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment. — Linda Tripp
One way to eliminate self negating thoughts and behavior is by gaining more understanding through realizing that you cannot force others to see that what… — Iyanla Vanzant
Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means… — Iyanla Vanzant
In love, there is a total acceptance of self, and a willingness to give of self without an expectation of receiving anything in return. When… — Iyanla Vanzant
You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the joy of love… — Iyanla Vanzant
And to use something as elegant as a tree? Imagine this design assignment: Design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes complex… — William McDonough
Thorny compositions that sound as if female teen punkers the Shaggs received doctorates in the music of 12-tone composer Alban Berg, and then rewrote their… — Unknown Author

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