Self Quotes

Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.

Everything drops away, comes to be unimportant in the dark. It's like sleep almost. A freedom from self, from ugliness.

Don't just be yourself. Be all of your selves.

Remember: You're not alone.

The Artist's Way is a spiritual journey, a pilrimage home to the self.

Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.

As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them.

Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.

Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting.

Society develops a type of self-censorship, with the knowledge that surveillance exists - a self-censorship that is even expressed when people communicate with each other privately.

History is the lies of the victors.

I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.

The eyes that see the soul are different from the eyes that see the self. We see soul when we are in the mystery. We see self when we are in the events. The coach must have eyes for both.

Everything in a wide sense is a kind of a self-portrait. It's just the way you see things and you're curious about certain things and just excited about them.

You should be able to have happiness. If you don't have that, then you're not really bringing your whole self to the relationship.

We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.

The individual produces an object and, by consuming it, returns to himself, but returns as a productive and self reproducing individual. Consumption thus appears as a moment of production.

All artists are self-sacrificing human beings, and to become an artist is nothing but to devote oneself to the subterranean gods.

Keeping your artistic self as creative as possible is a balancing act.

Often our bad moments are self-propelled ... And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

No cheating, clean up your self-induced fear act, and replace it with what you love.

Have a go-to pump up song. Mine is Shakira's 'Waka Waka' from the 2010 World Cup (don't judge). Play it only when you're ready to turn into your most badass self.

I am more more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than I am of any illness or tragedy.

It's the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.

Drama criticism ... is a self-knowing account of the way in which one's consciousness has been modified during an evening at the theatre.

Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits.

Bill Evans described his tunes as vehicles; they are vehicles for self-expression, or expression of the self.

Our actions in this world, and our ability to rise above the limits of our own self-interest, live on far beyond us and play their humble part in shaping a world of spirituality and peace.

I want people to understand that this is a very calibrated image [Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self ], where point by point, very little is left to chance.

Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.

"Self-taught, are you?" Julian Castle asked Newt. "Isn't everybody?" Newt inquired. "Very good answer." Castle was respectful.

Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.

Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?

One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much

I was over self-medicating back when I was a kid and didn't know it.

A critical key to achieving success lies in your ability to activate your potential to create the results you seek... start by being aware of your self-sabotaging patterns.

A self-made man may prefer a self-made name.

I suspect it is for one's self-interest that one looks at one's surroundings and one's self. This search is personally born and is indeed my reason and motive for making photographs.

Love requires that we overcome the traditional and self-defeating fears that place distance between ourselves and others.

The possibility of killing one's self is a safety valve. Having it, man has no right to say life is unbearable.

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.

Characterization requires self-knowledge, insight into human nature . . . it is more than impersonation.

When you are alone you are all your own.

Truth can be found by a process of eliminating wrong thoughts, which are thoughts of limitation. When all thoughts of limitation are eliminated, what remains is our natural, unlimited, Self.

When we take one step toward the Self, It takes nine steps towards us.

What is joy? Joy is nothing but the Self. When desires are fulfilled, the mind is stilled. This allows the Self to shine forth and that is what we call joy.

The lyric self is the self; the narrative self is not.