Self Quotes

Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love.

The most sublime act is to set another before you.

One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up.

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.

Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made.

He (the Shaman) is a self-reliant explorer of the endless mansions of a magnificent hidden universe.

Humankind is never what he is but the self he seeks.

There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?

It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.

The great majority of the things we now make ourselves panicked about are self-created 'dangers' that exist almost entirely in our own imaginations.

There are so many people with great work ethics that I've been around. I try and take the best qualities from the people I admire and apply it to my own self.

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups.

A cold, self-righteous prig who goes regularly to church may be far nearer to Hell than a prostitute.

I think the sheer fact of women talking, being, paradoxical, inexplicable, flip, self-destructiv e but above all else public is the most revolutionary thing in the world.

To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

Muslims cannot be defeated by others. We Muslims are not defeated by our enemies, but instead, we are defeated by our own selves.

I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.

The well-being and the hopes of the peoples of the world can never be served until peace - as well as freedom, honor and self-respect - is secure.

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

Many people who excel are self-taught.

Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe.

When mind is quiet, all is Self. When mind moves the world arises. So be Still, throw away everything and be Free.

Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.

One isn’t born one’s self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people’s ideas – and you have to work through it all.

The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect.

First master the fundamentals.

A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood.

Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being

There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self.

I spent my days on the riverbanks, in the woods, in the fields, shooting, hunting and stalking. I unravelled everything within my life. Self discovery is most important to me.

The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence.

At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them.

Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and, most of all, self-discipline.

I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection.

There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.

I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.