Self Quotes

14166 Self quotes by 6037 unique authors

There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship. — Dalai Lama
Then came the gadgeteer, otherwise known as the sporting-goods dealer. He has draped the American outdoorsman with an infinity of contraptions, all offered as aids… — Aldo Leopold
I learned early that the richness of life is found in adventure. Adventure calls on all the faculties of mind and spirit. It develops self-reliance… — William O. Douglas
People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we… — Tony Hiss
We call ourselves a "capacity building" organization; self-motivated and self-initiated capacity building. For example, in 30 years, I don't think I have signed a check… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group's… — Ratan Tata
The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real… — Hans-Georg Gadamer
Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you… — Phil McGraw
When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a… — Kiefer Sutherland
Individuality is a real power inherent in all and the development and consequent expression of this power enables one to assume the responsibility of directing… — Charles F. Haanel
I speak of honor-your honor to God-your honor to country-your honor to self. I sincerely believe it to be the cure to most of our… — Ezra Taft Benson
It is often by a trivial, even an anecdotal decision, that we direct our activities into a certain channel, and thus determine which of the… — Rene Dubos
Look, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone. — Elie Wiesel
But Socialism, alone, can bring self-determination of their peoples. — Karl Liebknecht
I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that ...… — Mary McCarthy
But when I call for a hero, out comes my lazy old self; so I never know who I am, nor how many I am… — Pablo Neruda
A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to part… — Diane Ackerman
Searching for the self when I was entirely alone was hazardous. What if I found not so much a great emptiness as a space full… — Doris Grumbach
You have mourned over others; now sit down for a while and weep over your own self. — Unknown Author
...just being ordinary in and of itself is and expression of divinity; the truth of one's real self can be discovered through the pathway of… — David Hawkins
Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus… — Neil Peart
In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by… — Jorge Luis Borges
I would define the baroque as that style that deliberately exhausts (or tries to exhaust) its own possibilities, and that borders on self-caricature. The baroque… — Jorge Luis Borges
The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves. — P.D. James

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