Self Quotes

The only part of you that hurts when you're given the truth is the part that lives on lies.

The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin.

The problem with introspection is that it has no end.

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins. The first is to act precipitously without thought and the second is to not act at all.

One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.

Until you value yourself, you can't expect anyone else to do so.

So long as you are still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.

My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

There's always room for improvement.

When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.

Yoga nidra is the yoga of aware sleep. In this lies the secret of self healing. Yoga Nidra is a pratyahara technique in which the distractions of the mind are contained and the mind is relaxed.

The butterfly does not look back upon its caterpillar self, either fondly or wistfully; it simply flies on.

In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.

Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.

The secret is within your self.

Like vanishing dew, a passing apparition or the sudden flash of lightning -- already gone -- thus should one regard one's self.

This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

You've got to be happy in your own skin.

Your experiences are not limited to what you have created in the past

My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.

The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit, it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation.

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.

If you remain static and wait for success to come to you it will certainly not happen.

I attribute my ability to maintain cool to God, self-esteem, and knowing my purpose in life. It can't be based on anything material or external.

Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.

The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

The body is a self-healing organism, so it's really about clearing things out of the way so the body can heal itself.

Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

Anger is a tool for change when it challenges us to become more of an expert on the self and less of an expert on others.

Every problem contains a solution. The key is self-discipline and surrender of the mental habits to the Holy Spirit.

Emotions were like wild horses and it required wisdom to be able to control them

Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.

It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.

The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole.

Life is merely terrible; I feel it as few others do. Often — and in my inmost self perhaps all the time — I doubt whether I am a human being.

The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.

That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.

The knowledge of self is the most important thing, because how are you going to know God if you don't know yourself? How are you going to know anything if you don't know yourself?

Our weavings in the cosmic web are not self-contained. Rather, they are part of the design of our collective humanity.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.