By Oneself Quotes

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

To be oneself is being neither under bond nor borrowed nor sold nor hired. To be, means to be spiritually free.

It is important to express oneself...provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience.

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others' minds.

Real elegance is simply a true encounter with oneself.

When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old.

Healing fails to occur because it is much easier to injure another than to heal oneself.

Sometimes it is painful to be oneself; at other times it seems impossible to escape oneself.

Whatever the hateful do to the hateful, or an enemy to an enemy, worse is the harm of a misguided mind directed at oneself.

Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

Believing means liberating the indestructible element in oneself, or, more accurately, liberating oneself, or, more accurately, being indestructible, or, more accurately, being.

To live is to express oneself freely

True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.

One must not love oneself so much, as to avoid getting involved in the risks of life that history demands of us, and those that fend off danger will lose their lives.

There is no liberation to compare with freeing oneself from the illusions and delusions of the age in which one lives.

It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.

True victory is victory over oneself.

The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own intimate sensitivity.

The will to be oneself is heroism

To be honest to oneself, and that is very hard to do.

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.

One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself.

When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.

It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.

The thirst for equality can express itself either as a desire to draw everyone down to one's level, or to raise oneself and everyone else up.

It is human defect — to try to know oneself by the self of another.

Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience.

It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.

...One individual is his or her own best teacher, and no other idol or false image should be worshiped or adored because the God we are all seeking lies inside oneself, not outside.

I no longer think that learning how to manage people, especially subordinates, is the most important for executives to learn. I am teaching above all else, how to manage oneself.

It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.

One does not "find oneself" by pursuing one's self, but on the contrary by pursuing something else and learning through discipline or routine. . . who one is and wants to be.

Searching all directions with one's awareness, one finds no one dearer than oneself. In the same way, others are fiercely dear to themselves. So one should not hurt others if one loves oneself.

The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one’s own character.

True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

To live... in any sense of the word... is to reject others; to accept them, one must renounce, do oneself violence.

The duty to be alive is the same as the duty to become oneself, to develop into the individual one potentially is.

Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself.

It is very dangerous to go into eternity with possibilities which one has oneself prevented from becoming realities. A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it.

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.

There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir.

A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.

It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.

It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky..but to express oneself honestly not lying to oneself, now that my friend is very hard to do

A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.