Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

Like most other creatives, I struggle with self-sabotage, self-doubt, and feeling like an imposter more often than not. I struggle with expressing myself, because it… — Jeff Jarvis
And what of regrets? I shall live with them. I shall accept my regrets as part of my life, to be numbered among my self-inflicted… — Nicholas Wolterstorff
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and… — Jackie Mason
We women often gauge our own self-worth by the quality of our interactions with our lovers. And often these interactions are interpreted for, described for,… — Carrie Preston
Despotism has forever had a powerful hold upon the world. Autocratic government, not self-government, has been the prevailing state of mankind. The record of past… — Calvin Coolidge
Every human being should be taught that his first duty is to take care of himself, and that to be self-respecting he must be self-supporting.… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The most important point to remember in developing self-confidence is to take responsibility for who we are. This empowers us. We can change anything, do… — Rachael Bermingham
No one, I hope, can doubt my wish to see... all mankind exercising self-government, and capable of exercising it. But the question is not what… — Thomas Jefferson
Bitter criticism caused the sensitive Thomas Hardy, one of the finest novelists ever to enrich English literature, to give up forever the writing of fiction.… — Dale Carnegie
I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends. Neither do I believe in revenge. No man can… — Robert Green Ingersoll
A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble - to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of… — Evan Thomas
The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. . . . Not doing right may have momentary payoffs… — Laura Schlessinger
I don't read thrillers, romance or mystery, and I don't read self-help books because I don't believe in shortcuts and loopholes. — Isabel Allende
Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation. — Benjamin Franklin
Self-interest, to be sure, is one of the most important, but we have many other motives - honesty, self-respect, altruism, love, sympathy, faith, sense of… — Ha-Joon Chang
The theory that everyone acts from self-interest, direct or indirect, is psychologically unsound. . . . Throughout history . . . there have been millions… — Corliss Lamont
Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve. — Tim Cook
Exercise stimulates your circulation, massages your internal organs, stretches and strengthens your muscles, and energizes you. Exercise is also a great way to discharge tension,… — Ellen Bass
Like an animal caught in a trap, trying to gnaw off its own leg, a woman who seeks abortion is trying to escape a desperate… — Frederica Mathewes-Green
The way to plan the family is natural family planning, not contraception...This (use of contraceptives) turns the attention to self and so it destroys the… — Mother Teresa
As we move into the 21st century, it becomes ever clearer that the ultimate, most intimate territory for design is not electronics, or interiors, or… — Rick Poynor
What makes us exceptional, what makes us America is our allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago. We… — Barack Obama
For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must… — Barack Obama
The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife… — Mother Teresa
[S]ome people are self-starters, and some people are born lazy. Some people are born victims. Some people are just born to be slaves. Some people… — Rush Limbaugh

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