Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

A kata is not fixed or immoveable. Like water, it's ever changing and fits itself to the shape of the vessel containing it. However, kata… — Kenwa Mabuni
The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like… — Barry Eisler
It belongs to small-mindedness to be unable to bear either honor or dishonor, either good fortune or bad, but to be filled with conceit when… — Aristotle
The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The most elusive knowledge of all is self-knowledge and it is usually acquired laboriously through experience outside the classroom. — Mirra Komarovsky
I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like… — Erica Jong
Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time… — Alexis Carrel
My doctrine means that I must identify myself with life, with everything that lives, that I must share the majesty of life in the presence… — Mahatma Gandhi
Confirming an intuitive sense I've always felt for the interconnectedness of all things, this doctrine has provided me ways to understand the intricate web of… — Joanna Macy
In the early Buddhist view, then, a persons identity resides not in an enduring self but in his actions (karma)- that is in the choices… — Joanna Macy
Muhammad teaches us the knowledge of our own selves, and of our own people. He cleans us up-morally, mentally and spiritually — Malcolm X
Make a commitment to your self that today, success is your only options! No matter the obstacles, no matter the sacrifice! you have decided you… — Eric Thomas
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. — Marianne Williamson
Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a sort of cackling… — Renata Adler
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and… — James Russell Lowell
O my soul, what are you doing? Are you not aware that God sees you always? You can never hide yourself from His sight. O… — St. Catherine of Siena
We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and… — Philip Neri
Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind... — Mary Baker Eddy
The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means to give up… — Unknown Author
I have named the destroyers of nations: comfort, plenty, and security - out of which grow a bored and slothful cynicism, in which rebellion against… — John Steinbeck
The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
From all human oracles, however self-confident, we turn at last to the inspired Word, where instead of ambiguous and untrustworthy utterances, we find teachings distinct… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of… — Thornton Wilder
Love is the ability to live your life with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome, the ability within yourself to distinguish within yourself… — Gary Zukav
I am your own self and the self of all beings that exist. — H. W. L. Poonja

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