Self Assertion Quotes

22 quotes by 18 authors

Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth; from self-assertion, therefore… — Laozi
Rejection is a form of self-assertion. You have only to look back upon yourself as a person who hates this or that to discover what… — George Santayana
Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad. — Evelyn Waugh
Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has… — Christopher Dawson
No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were… — Christopher Dawson
Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe. — Swami Vivekananda
He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look facts in the… — Alice Miller
A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion. — Eric Hoffer
We are watching the beginnings of the defiant self-assertion of a new generation of Americans, a generation who are looking forward to finishing their education… — David Graeber
To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the… — Sri Aurobindo
Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self-assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle headedness - and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all, that is what I was… — Mark Twain
I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment of my values… — Nathaniel Branden
Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
â€¦there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a… — Kate Chopin
Only in love can I find you, my God. In love the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe a new air… — Karl Rahner
The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for… — Elisabeth Elliot
Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties. — H.G. Wells
The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that… — Thomas Huxley
Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfless. To love is to see myself… — Nathaniel Branden

Who Wrote These Self Assertion Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 22 Self Assertion Quotes as follows: