Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

I've finally tapped into that spirit of self-destruction that makes rock-n-roll the king of music! — Homer
Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid.… — Rafael Nadal
Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible. — Elizabeth Bishop
What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration. — Elizabeth Bishop
So if I were talking to a young writer, I would recommend the cultivation of extreme indifference to both praise and blame because praise will… — John Berryman
We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness. — Mike Huckabee
Liberals have created, and the minority leadership has exploited, a community of dependent people, unaware of the true route to prosperity and happiness: self-reliance and… — Rush Limbaugh
By government giveaway programs, individuals are often hurt far more than they are helped. The recipients of these programs become dependent on the government and… — Rush Limbaugh
I hate to sound self absorbed, but I'm just going to cast out this pearl of wisdom, if I could give the whole world cancer… — Thom Yorke
I often steal sandwiches, eat them, and put the container's back., with a signed autograph of my self in its place. It's my way of… — Thom Yorke
My only means of self defense is to wiggle my eye and feign being a salamander. It has saved my life but once I was… — Thom Yorke
The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is exploiting and wallowing… — Arthur Miller
Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves. We are left with sagging, rippled flesh and burning gums with empty… — Raphael
Plato spoke of the necessity for divine madness in the poet. It is a frightening thing to open oneself to this strange and dark side… — Madeleine L'Engle
Obamas finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They dont even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word… — Ezra Klein
Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight. — David Brock
Self-confidence is not pride. Just the contrary: only a person or a nation that is self-confident, in the best sense of the word, is capable… — Vaclav Havel
As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the… — Vaclav Havel
Too rich to be relevant to the world's poor, [Europe] attracts immigration but cannot encourage imitation. Too passive regarding international security. Too self-satisfied, it acts… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Democracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people. — Theodore Parker
And yet self-knowledge is thought by some not so easy. Who knows, my dear sir, but for a time you may have taken yourself for… — Herman Melville
The ultimate Mystery of being, the ultimate Truth, is Love. This is the essential structure of reality. When Dante spoke of the 'love which moves… — Venerable Bede

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