Self Quotes
Today's reports confirm that, unfortunately, post-crisis America is still not back to its good economic self.
resisting life, he finds that the Self is more than his own being; it includes the whole universe.
The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest. Victory belongs to the most persevering.
We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.
the casualties among us include not just those who are dying, or bleeding, or recovering from injury, but also the caretakers around the edges whose selves fall sacrificed to their charges.
You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22
I believe that fashion is the ultimate form if self expression therefore it really depends on my mood.
I have always sensed the exhilaration and independence of being self-propelled. Besides, you can jog while pushing a baby carriage. Maybe I'm a product of Wonder Woman comic books
The reality of en-masse inner transformation of human beings by self-realisation is the most revolutionary discovery of the present age.
I do believe that America's deepest political sickness is that it is a self-righteous nation.
My father wanted me to learn self-defense, so I enrolled in the Academy and loved it from the start.
My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.
Most apparent conspiracies result from consistent local self-interest with no need for global coordination.
We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next.
The mathematical fraternity is a little like a self-perpetuating priesthood. The mathematicians of today teach the mathematicians of tomorrow and, in effect, decide whom to admit to the priesthood.
The real meaning of travel, like that of a conversation by the fireside, is the discovery of oneself through contact with other people, and its condition is self-commitment in the dialogue.
Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.
People have found inner peace by losing themselves in a cause larger than themselves. Finding inner peace means coming from the self-centered life into the life centered.
Our sexual self is a complex combination of our social, cultural, and biological inheritance.
Learn to detest things that do not allow you to be yourself, and embrace things that make that self larger, more thrilling, and voluptuous.
In zazen, one is one's present self, what one was, and what one will be, all at once.
I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious.
The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us - can push them toward pride or despair...toward self-righteousness or self-hatred.
Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.
I have this self-conscious inclination to just say "anyone who hates it, that's cool that's fine!"
This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to know what happens next. They force you to tell a story.
A final word on self-criticism: Do not beat up on yourself. Even if you think you know your flaws, there is no need to advertise them. Most people won't have noticed.
This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even along the path of its own development, from the tentacles of self-deception.
Mankind is now caught up, as though in a train of gears, at the heart of a continually accelerating vortex of self-totalisation.
It seems to me self-evident that we cannot have capitalism without capital and, very importantly, that the ultimate source of all economic capital is Nature's capital
Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall-that of our consciousness-between the world and ourselves.
You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self doubt.
True liberty does violence to self and, like Christ, who disregarded that he was sovereign becomes a slave to serve others.
Children of the future, watching empires fall. Madness the cup they drink from, self destruction the toll.
Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.
People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands.