Higher Quote by Stephen Covey

What amazes me is how far some people will go to justify their behavior to themselves, just to preserve that self-perception.

— Christopher Golden

To live a purposeful life, one must rise above the petty materialistic life of passion and egoism.

— Senoraroy

Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.

— Benjamin Franklin

This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not…

— Edward de Bono

There is perhaps no sort of self more subject to dangerous egotism than that which deludes itself with the notion that it is not…

— Charles Horton Cooley

The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.

— Reginald Horace Blyth

When you truly are on purpose, the people, resources, and opportunities you need naturally gravitate toward you.

— Jack Canfield

Self-judgment continues to arise - it's a strong habit - but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped…

— Tara Brach

When people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.

— Stanton Peele

Those whose purpose does not match yours are not wrong; they have their mission, and finding their own purposeful way may involve many detours…

— Wayne Dyer

“incapacity to commit oneself to any value system beyond one supplying self-serving needs usually indicates severe narcissistic pathology. The”

— Otto F. Kernberg

I'm very aware of self-deprecation being used as a glorification of certain behaviour and I try to avoid it.

— CMAT