Self Quotes

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination.

By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality to reinforce self-interest.

The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.

Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.

It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control.

Create a vision of who you want to be, and then live into that picture as if it were already true.

You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.

I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

I thought I'd take style to its limit... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.

Isolation is a self-defeating dream.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.

The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.

End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you'. Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.

Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like. I promise.

Cooking may be as much a means of self-expression as any of the arts.

Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.

You have so much pain inside yourself that you try & hurt yourself on the outside because you want help.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

I have now concentrated all my prayers into one, and that one prayer is this, that I may die to self, and live wholly to Him.

Freedom means choosing your burden.

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.

There comes a time when you look into the mirror and you realize that what you see is all that you will ever be. And then you accept it. Or you kill yourself. Or you stop looking in mirrors.

Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

The glory of God always comes at the sacrifice of self.

A humble person is more likely to be self confident... a person with real humility knows how much they are loved.

Life could be vastly improved if we could count our blessings as self-actualizing people can and do, and if we could retain their constant sense of good fortune and gratitude for it.

No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.

Bring the best of your Authentic Self to every opportunity.

If you have to maintain self-esteem by pulling down the standing of others, you are extraordinarily unfortunate.

Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin.

Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises.

I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.

All God's plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.

Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending.

If you forget you have to struggle for improvement you go backward.

There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else.

The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first.

If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.