Oneself Quotes

What is a memory? Not a storehouse, not a trunk in the attic, but an instrument that constantly refines the past into a narrative, accessible and acceptable to oneself.

one never knows really how things are with other people, they just do always seem more spirited than oneself somehow.

the process of building a self and its works is always too slow. One is always in arrears to oneself.

The only ideals allowed are healthy ones - those everyone may aspire to, or comfortably imagine oneself possessing.

To me the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and ignorance.

How absurd to take the credit of doing the good act on oneself and lay the blame for the evil act on the Lord!

This is what happened when one left one's home - pieces of oneself scattered all over the world, no one place ever completely satisfied, always a nostalgia for the place left behind.

The creative part of oneself finds its way out. In this case, I got interested particularly in the medium of Twitter and looked for ways to use it creatively.

I enjoy popularisation and I think I'm reasonably good at it. I also think it's a duty. It's just so pedagogically stupid to forget how difficult one found these ideas oneself to begin with.

One must have tradition in oneself, to hate it properly.

To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.

May we give as the Savior gave. To give of oneself is a holy gift. We give as a remembrance of all the Savior has given.

It's important to relax and not put too much pressure on oneself, players must be patient when striving to improve.

Spending on oneself does not boost wellbeing. However, spending money on others does -- and it appears to be as important to people's happiness as the total amount of money they make.

The quality of one's life is directly related to the quality of questions one asks oneself.

There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

I think its important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.

Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all.

all the small squalors of the body, known only to oneself, insignificant in youth, easily dismissed, in old age became dominant and entered into fulfilment of the tyranny they had always threatened.

The acme of humbleness is to forget unfalteringly good deeds of oneself.

There is only one way to win hearts and that is to make oneself like unto those of whom one would be loved.

Empowerment is the inner joy of knowing that external force isn't necessary to be at harmony with oneself.

To hate is to deprive oneself of energy better spent on worthwhile endeavors.

Within the mind there are no lies-no possibility of deceiving oneself; and yet, somehow we all manage to bypass the safety of truth in pursuit of dangerous desires.

A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.

To engage in a battle, one must know oneself, believe in oneself, and overcome one's own obstacle

For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost.

Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.

Acting alone in a world that's alive in political stirring is to condemn oneself to isolation and probably protracted warfare of the kind that can be dissipating.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind, and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

In searching for myself, I have created myself.

Humility is the courage to be honest with yourself and those around you.

Master thyself, seek to know thy soul.

True success is achieved by stretching oneself, learning to feel comfortable being uncomfortable.

Let go of all hate, love one another deeply.

Nothing on earth can ever equate to the level of joy that comes with loving oneself unconditionally.

Nothing fulfills one's soul better than loving oneself unconditionally.

Find comfort in questioning yourself.

Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.

Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.

This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.

people don't get meit's more rule than exceptionGod bless exceptions

Your power is in your story and all the wisdom it has brought you.

For your life to have meaning is to discover what you are meant to fulfill.

You have to discover what makes you different in your society.

Find out what you need to do to express your importance.

If it is only one thing in life that you have or allowed to discover, then it must be your significance.

Discover what you need to do to make your life have meaning.

When you have discovered your significance, your life will now begin to move towards making a difference.