Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

Painting is a self-disciplined activity that you have to learn by yourself. — Romare Bearden
Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it; for he who… — Kenneth Roberts
We stayed at home to write, to consolidate our outstretched selves. — Sylvia Plath
The fruit of the Spirit is . . . self-control — Watchman Nee
One gains by losing self for others and not by hoarding for oneself. — Watchman Nee
We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves. — Watchman Nee
He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord - including darkness, dryness, flatness - and completely disregard self is he who lives… — Watchman Nee
Mathematics catalogues everything that is not self-contradictory; within that vast inventory, physics is an island of structures rich enough to contain their own beholders. — Greg Egan
There are two lives to each of us, the life of our actions, and the life of our minds and hearts. History reveals men's deeds… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
When the link between the use of unsafe, mercury-laden vaccine and autism, ADHD, asthma, allergies and diabetes becomes undeniable, mainstream medicine will be sporting a… — Bernard Rimland
SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense — Eric Butterworth
A low self-image is usually not based upon facts; it's mismanaged memory. — Orrin Woodward
To know the self as the only reality and all else as temporal and transient is freedom, peace and joy. It is all very simple.… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are. — Ramana Maharshi
The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and the most intense affirmation of the right of the self… — Ellen Key
In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had… — Gao Xingjian
Self-esteem starts out as a personal blessing, but it becomes nothing less than an evolutionary force. — Gloria Steinem
When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America? — Glenn Beck
Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights. — Elihu Root
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities. — Isaac D'Israeli
But what after all, behind appearance, is the seeming mystery? We can see that it is the Consciousness which had lost itself, returning to itself,… — Sri Aurobindo
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity. — Jane Austen
And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my… — Erich von Stroheim
The great soul of power extends far beyond states, to every domain of life, from families to international affairs. And throughout, every form of authority… — Noam Chomsky
I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient. — Howard Hodgkin

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