Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own selves. — Madeleine L'Engle
In LA, I mean, here's this place full of desperate and sad people who take their only pleasure from destroying others for the purposes of… — Heather Donahue
All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust. — Howell Raines
We need to graduate from the ridiculous notion that greed is some kind of elixir for capitalism - it's the downfall of capitalism. Self-interest, maybe,… — Patricia Aburdene
The successful men of action are not sufficiently self-observant to know exactly on what their success depends. — Joseph Jacobs
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile -… — Hermann Hesse
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will… — Bruce Lee
There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study. — William Graham Sumner
Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident. — Arthur Schopenhauer
People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what he really values.… — Kenny Smith
Our weavings in the cosmic web are not self-contained. Rather, they are part of the design of our collective humanity. — Unknown Author
Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. — Terence McKenna
Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces… — W. Edwards Deming
Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision… — Neale Donald Walsch
To achieve deep focus nowadays is also to have struck a blow against the dissipation of self; it is to have strengthened one's essential position… — Sven Birkerts
Life is an inside-out game. The truth is that all our situations and circumstances have their beginnings in our minds. Our idea of who we… — Mark Victor Hansen
Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true… — Viktor E. Frankl
It [MDMA] takes away the feelings of self-hatred and condemnation, which are the biggest obstacles to insight... For reasons we don't understand, MDMA allows people… — Ann Shulgin
Ecstacy stripped away the user's inhibitions to self-expression. On E, lies are inefficient, and the peculiarities or weaknesses they are meant to obscure no longer… — Douglas Rushkoff
A new, self-employed architect scientist is the one in all the world who may accelerate realization of a high-standard survival for all, as now completely… — R. Buckminster Fuller
The self-commissioned architect is the obviously exclusive potential - for as at present used, or designed, the world's resources are serving only forty-four per cent… — R. Buckminster Fuller
We were not unmindful of the difficulties involved. So we decided to go through a process of self-purification. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
In Europe we have the "loss of self" motif clearly illustrated in the whirl dances of the Russians sects of the Molokani in Armenia....All the… — Curt Sachs
It is not making better people of others that management is about. It's about making a better person of self. Income, power, and titles have… — Dee Hock
Not one But twenty-four self-giving-hours Every day I have For my use. — Sri Chinmoy

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