Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor. — Peter Jackson
I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally… — Heather Matarazzo
Because it would be too agonizing to cope with the possibility that anyone, including our selves, could become a prisoner, we tend to think of… — Angela Davis
Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it… — Chief Dan George
When Israel says that it will recognise Palestinian rights and will withdraw from the West Bank and East Jerusalem and grant the right of return,… — Khaled Mashal
Land health is the capacity for self-renewal in the soils, waters, plants, and animals that collectively comprise the land. — Aldo Leopold
Grub Street turns out good things almost as often as Parnassus. For if a writer is hard up enough, if he’s far down enough (down… — Wallace Stegner
Not just self-restraint, that old killjoy, but communal restraint. — Wendell Berry
The mercy of the West has been social revolution; the mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void. — Gary Snyder
For several centuries Western civilization has had a drive for material accumulation, continual extensions of economic power, termed 'progress'...The longing for growth is not wrong.… — Gary Snyder
If the desert is holy, it is because it is a forgotten place that allows us to remember the sacred. Perhaps that is why every… — Terry Tempest Williams
There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only takes on shape through the… — Karen Horney
There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy… — George W. Bush
My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit. Because that person doesn't need the goddamn government for anything, — Grover Norquist
A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to many interpretations, but… — Louise Bourgeois
Those of us placed in a position of leadership must be prepared to grasp the nettle if we unite in doing so, and if, in… — Obafemi Awolowo
A Creator is vision-focused and passion-motivated. To really live into your Creator self, you are called to do the inner work necessary to find your… — David Emerald Womeldorff
Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding. — Amit Ray
Victims may be defensive, submissive, over-accommodating to others, passive-aggressive in conflict, dependent on others for self-worth, overly sensitive, even manipulative. They're often angry, resentful, and… — David Emerald Womeldorff
These people are often authoritarian and rigid in their views, exerting power over others in an effort to keep others from having power over them.… — David Emerald Womeldorff
Persecutors fear loss of control. Rescuers fear loss of purpose. Rescuers need Victims-someone to protect or fix-to bolster their self-esteem. — David Emerald Womeldorff
Theres no hope, none, of ever talking about it without pissing somebody, if not everybody, off...By the end of this hour I will be seen… — Anthony Bourdain
We all need a story. It just turns out that the story we have been told for years - that people are naturally and primarily… — Ed Mayo
Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye and appetite for… — Thomas Carlyle

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