Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge. — Edward Alsworth Ross
The recurring theme which predisposes people to depression is rejection and lack of self-esteem. — Richard Winters
I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading a mean Twitter… — Amy Schumer
The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that… — Ramana Maharshi
Because it is possible to create - creating one's self, willing to be one's self - one has anxiety. One would have no anxiety if… — Maria Popova
Some of the same self-certified smart people, who preached about mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction, are once again trying to stampede us into… — Lloyd Doggett
The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline. — Pat Summitt
Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period… — Bud Wilkinson
Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance. — Zig Ziglar
If someone is identifying themselves based on their orientation toward a person of the same gender, then that seems to me to be a self-evident… — Scott Lively
Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy. — Alexis Carrel
Looking for honest ways to lift one another would . . . be more beneficial to our own self-esteem, for we would see more good… — Neal A. Maxwell
We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from the Earth we tread on… — Joseph Glanvill
The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation. — Henry Allen Ironside
Every selfish man, strangely enough, becomes a self slayer — Sadhu Sundar Singh
The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help… — George Horace Lorimer
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says,… — C.S. Lewis
The assumption of all education is that learning will be directed toward constructive ends and I'm convinced that colleges should support students in their determination… — Ernest L. Boyer
Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their private interests, gain… — Ernest L. Boyer
A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad cause can become good if enough… — Freeman Dyson
Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion… — Angelina Jolie
God put self-pity by the side of despair like the cure by the side of the disease. — Albert Camus
It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball's wounds are self-inflicted. — Bill Veeck

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