Self Quotes

If we want to awaken, we don't need to eradicate the ego, we simply need to be conscious of the deeper self as well.

The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit - a spirit that demands self-expression .

Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner," than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.

It's easy to be drowned out by the crowd, but to thine own self be true, say I, no matter what everybody says, no matter what the popular vibe is.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

See not perfection in self. Seek it not in others. One being a false perceptionThe other, an endless quest.

Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends … if you [have] five, you’re a rich man….

The biggest hindrance to the missionary task is self. Self that refuses to die. Self that refuses to sacrifice. Self that refuses to give. Self that refuses to go.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.

You are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!

Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

The only motive strong enough to induce men to exercise the self control required by the religion of Jesus is love.

There is no room on the golf course for anger or self-pity.

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Spring is strictly sentimental, self-regarding; but I burn more careless in the autumn bonfire.

Not just part of us becomes a teacher. It engages the whole self - the woman or man, wife or husband, mother or father, the lover, scholar or artist in you as well as the teacher earning money.

For me, childhood roaming was what developed self-reliance, a sense of direction and adventure, imagination, a will to explore, to be able to get a little lost and then figure out the way back.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.

For a company to excel, employees must be reassured that self-interest, not the company's, is their foremost priority. We believe an employee who puts himself first will be motivated to perform.

If my attention is wandering, there is somewhere it wants to go, so obviously it does not want to be where I am holding it in the name of some self-styled obligation.

Many young girls are constantly consumed by controlling and managing their body image to the extent that they are much more involved in the production of the self than in living.

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

I find cutting myself attractive ... I find it sexual.

Education is a self-organizing system, where learning is an emergent phenomenon.

The spiritual leader will choose the hidden path of sacrificial service and approval of the Lord over the flamboyant self-advertising of the world.

There are so many selves in everybody, and just to explore and exploit one is wrong, dead wrong, for the creative person.

Time seemed to suspend itself, or cease altogether. Place faded away. There was only her self, the centre that endured through all times, all events, from the world, from its pain. Timeless, eternal.

You, being yourself, help others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them.

Once a person stops searching for information and self-knowledge, ignorance sets in.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-preservation. Some just do it better, and more thoroughly, than others.

Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.

Be yourself, but always your better self.

All of us have inflated views of ourselves, especially in self-righteousn ess, until we have visited a place called Calvary. It is there, at the foot of the cross, that we shrink to our true size.

The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.

This economic boycott is our means of self-defense. President Roosevelt has advocated its use in the National Recovery Administration.

To achieve happiness I advocate four major principles, the principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress.

Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.

To practice Extreme Self-Care, you must learn to love yourself unconditionally, accept your imperfections, and embrace your vulnerabilities.

When we come to the end of self we come to the beginning of Christ.

Dwelling upon the self too much produces terrible fatigue. A man in that position is deaf and blind to everything else. The fatigue itself makes him cease to see the marvels all around.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.