Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

The Self doesn't live forever in time, it lives in the timeless present prior to time, prior to history, change, succession. The Self is present… — Ken Wilber
Shonin: I have composed a poem. Kokushi: Let's hear it. Shonin: When I chant, Both Buddha and self Cease to exist. There is only the… — Takuan Soho
I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not exist… — Hugh Prather
The self-discovery of your inherent leadership potential and an understanding of who you are and what you are meant to be are the keys to… — Myles Munroe
Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception. — John C. Maxwell
..Give them your faith, and they become confident, energized, and self-reliant. — John C. Maxwell
One way to overcome our natural self-centeredness is to try to see things from other people's perspectives. — John C. Maxwell
Changing your attitude from self-centerdness to understanding requires desire and commitment to always try to see things from the other persons point of view. — John C. Maxwell
It is not merely the brevity by which the haiku isolates a particular group of phenomena from all the rest; nor its suggestiveness, through which… — Reginald Horace Blyth
Society is an interweaving and interworking of mental selves. I imagine your mind and especially what your mind thinks about my mind and what my… — Charles Horton Cooley
True sanity entails in one way or another the dissolution of the normal ego, that false self competently adjusted to our alienated social reality... and… — R. D. Laing
But the point is, now, at this moment, or any moment, we're only cross-sections of our real selves. What we really are is the whole… — J. B. Priestley
Satan represents indulgence, instead of abstinence! Satan represents vital existence, instead of spiritual pipe dreams! Satan represents undefiled wisdom, instead of hypocritical self-deceit! Satan represents… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance — John Henrik Clarke
True power is not in trying to gain power; true power is in becoming power. But how to become power? It requires an attempt to… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Aikido can be summed up like this: True victory is self-victory; let that day arrive quickly! (True victory) means unflinching courage; (self-victory) symbolizes unflagging effort;… — Morihei Ueshiba
God’s love sets us free from the need to seek approval. Knowing that we are loved by God, accepted by God, approved by God, and… — Myles Munroe
For nothing is so hard to hear as that which is half known, and evaded. One never denies so hotly as in denying to one's… — Susan Glaspell
Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny. — Oscar Micheaux
I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy… — Diablo Cody
The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self. — Nathaniel Branden
It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so… — Nathaniel Branden
If you choose not to live self-responsibly, you count on others to make up your default. No one abjures self-responsibility on a desert island. — Nathaniel Branden
It is painful to face the self we know we have never had the integrity to honor and assert. — Nathaniel Branden

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