Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being. — Robert Silverberg
My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration and ignoble deaths; that there is security in personal strength; that… — Harlan Ellison
Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage. — Robert A. Heinlein
My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I hadn’t… — Robert A. Heinlein
If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in… — Robert A. Heinlein
Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced… — Philip Roth
In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to as many students… — Garry Kasparov
A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of… — Madeleine L'Engle
A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in… — Guy Gavriel Kay
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise… — Paula Gunn Allen
Lawyers on TV always tell their clients not to say anything. The cops say that thing: 'Anything you say will be used against you.' Self-incrimination.… — Laurie Halse Anderson
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else. — John D. Rockefeller
Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it. — Simone de Beauvoir
Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted — Tariq Ramadan
Knowledge of one's identity, one's self, community, nation, religion, and God, is the true meaning of resurrection, while ignorance of it signifies hell. — Elijah Muhammad
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium. — George Soros
I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don’t… — Sonia Sotomayor
All emerge from that One Whose Being is ever present and Whose Life, robed in numberless forms, is manifest throughout all creation. Creation is the… — Ernest Holmes
Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature. — Dale Carnegie
In time, we lose our freshness and spontaneity of true conversation. These are areas in which everyone interested in self-improvement will seek to improve. — Dale Carnegie
Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy. — Holly Lisle
Self-portraiture is something one should never get involved in, since it is wrong to lie even though one endeavours to tell the truth. — Ingmar Bergman
I hate exercising self-control. — Kate Upton
This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Real is God, and He is our… — Swami Vivekananda

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