Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you… — Brian Tracy
Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for… — Magnus Carlsen
Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with counter-chances for the… — Garry Kasparov
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether he is advertising… — Russell Lynes
For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise… — Robin Winks
The key to teaching anything is to remember what it was like not to understand that thing. That's a very hard thing to do. Every… — David Goodstein
Man is dragged hither and thither, at one moment by the blind instincts of the forest, at the next by the strange intuitions of a… — Loren Eiseley
The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far… — Stephen Spender
We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all… — David Lee Roth
Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal. — Mahatma Gandhi
I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of clay in the Potter's divine… — Mahatma Gandhi
When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within. — Mahatma Gandhi
Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering. — Unknown Author
Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible. — Dalai Lama
In classical understanding, education is the attempt to "lead out" from within the self a core of wisdom that has the power to resist falsehood… — Parker J. Palmer
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift… — Natalia Ginzburg
The dignity of self is greatly enhanced by looking upward in the search for holiness. Like the giant trees, we should reach up for the… — James E. Faust
There are no solutions to life, but there is an experience of wholeness, of bliss, of being, of the deathlessness of the Divine Self, of… — Andrew Harvey
Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. ... They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to avoid… — M. Scott Peck
I am certain that I have been here as I am now a thousand times before, and I hope to return a thousand times... Man… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Democracy is our most valuable possession. Upholding it is our duty and our responsibility. This means a continuous, decisive and self-confident argument; it means effort… — Unknown Author
Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed. — Mahatma Gandhi
When I look at myself as a younger actor, I see what a tight ass I was. I had a pretty big shadow because of… — Michael Douglas
They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming… — James Cash Penney
Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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