Self Contempt Quotes

18 quotes by 12 authors

Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I'm awash in self-contempt! — Woody Allen
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves. — Eric Hoffer
The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille — Karl Marx
Satan delights to have us put ourselves down. Self-contempt is of Satan. There is no such thing in heaven. — Neal A. Maxwell
The surest aid in combating the male's disease of self-contempt is to be loved by a clever woman. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt. — Eric Hoffer
The most effective way to silence our guilty conscience is to convince ourselves and others that those we have sinned against are indeed depraved creatures,… — Eric Hoffer
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled. — Eric Hoffer
It is not the repeated mistakes, the long succession of petty betrayals--though, God knows, they would give cause enough for anxiety and self-contempt--but the huge… — Dag Hammarskjold
Meaning and morality of One's life come from within oneself. Healthy, strong individuals seek self expansion by experimenting and by living dangerously. Life consists of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I kept finding the same anguish, the same doubt; a self-contempt that neither irony nor intellect seemed able to deflect. Even DuBoisâ€™s learning and Baldwinâ€™s… — Barack Obama
Start dating someone who is funny, someone who has what in high school you called a "really great sense of humor" and what now your… — Lorrie Moore
There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world… — Thomas Mann
To those humans in whom I have faith; I wish suffering, being forsaken, sickness, maltreatment, humiliation. I wish that they should not remain unfamiliar with… — Richard Linklater
It's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them… — Robert Fulghum
Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt. — Berthold Auerbach

Who Wrote These Self Contempt Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 18 Self Contempt Quotes as follows: