Self Quotes

If you're comfortable with yourself-which everyone can get to, to some extent-that's when you start getting into who is your real self.

Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior.

I have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility respect himself at all?

American's could be any more self absorbed if they were made of equal parts water and paper towel.

But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

The hero journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of your self.

The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't.

Men may rise on stepping stones of their dead selves to higher things.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful... to get a surge of inner life or inner supply or unexpected sense of empowerment, to be afloat, to be out of yourself.

I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and believe that law-abiding Americans have the right to self-defense.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

Be a light unto others, not boastful of self.

Think about all of the times, situations, and circumstances where you have gotten caught up in making your self right rather than happy... The harder you fight to win, the bigger you lose.

Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited.

Praise will lead you to vanity, and blame will lead you to self-pity, and both are bad for writers.

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.

One is never satisfied with the portrait of a person that one knows.

Once a vegan, we are always so, because our motivation is not personal and self-oriented, but is based on concern for others and on our undeniable interconnectedness with other living beings.

Though the terror of the sea gives to none security, in the secret of the shell. Self preserving we may dwell.

Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves.

I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do.

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

Get hold of the main thing: That the world and the self are one and perfect. Only your attitude is faulty and needs readjustment.

Coveting, pouting, or tearing others down does not elevate your standing, nor does demeaning someone else improve your self-image.

The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me or my logic systems. It's about allowing yourself to be yourself.

The self is fundamentally an illusion arising as a reflection of the soul in matter, much as a clear lake at midnight reflects the moon.

Ambition, old as mankind, the immemorial weakness of the strong.

True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

That we may give our body and our blood over to suffering and pain, like Christ - not for Self, but to give harvests of peace and justice to our People.

The Samsara is the movement of life. And you, an individual self, a form, a moment on a wave, are bound.

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.

The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping.

Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.

Love of self and love of life connects us with the prosperity of the Universe. Self-love creates self-expression and allows us to be creative in deeply fulfilling ways.

Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, 'Do or do not. There is no try.'

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.

Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need support.

There is always a better way.

Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.

The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

The life of a winner is the result of an unswerving commitment to a never-ending process of self-completion .

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Guru, God and Self are One

Do not lose the treasure of your Self for the pleasure of the senses.