Self Quotes
The reasons that center on others are easy to manipulate. All hollow things are light.
...She expected people to accept her for who she was. But she never really accepted herself.
Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that's right for each of us. (January 15)
People are always doing things for my sake and strangely enough, I'm the one who suffers for it.
Perhaps the gift you seek already resides within you awaiting the day you choose to unwrap it.
The world each person creates for himself is a distinctive world, not the same world others occupy.
I'd been so fascinated by the notion, that I'd forgotten to measure what it was bringing forth. I'd been asleep, dreaming.
When it comes to ourselves, we often have a blind spot. That is, we fail to see ourselves as others see us. We fail to recognize our most obvious traits: our strengths, weaknesses, mannerisms.
Success and failure are largely the results of our habitual thoughts & many people create by default. — Marie Cunningham
As in most families, the mere struggle to have anything of one's own, to be one's self at all, creates an element of strain that keeps everybody almost at the breaking point.
Wisdom from Top Butler: Guard yourself at all times but don't let anyone lead you to live a guarded life that is all.
As a leader you should look in the mirror and ask yourself would I follow you ensured of a victory.
Strength isn't measured by how many things or people you manage but more prevalent is how much you can self manage and guide yourself to your next check point.
My position is for one to be thought of as a CHARACTER is totally different from one having CHARACTER.
In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how he could have been so many kinds of a fool for so long without realising it.
Setting our living standards and expectations based on the status of others is like wishing that apples were onions.
He has the feeling that merely by being alive he is blocking his own way. From this sense of hindrance, in turn, he deduces the proof that he is alive.
Knowing your ignorance is far better than knowing what you know! Understanding the path and will of God is far better than mastering your own path.
You’ll be able to receive gifts of love from others if you are willing to share yours with them…
You're surroundings can either be a reflection of you or you can end up being a reflection of your surroundings. Ultimately, one will occur noticeably or unnoticeably.
I'm a seeker who writes about what I find. And maybe, on just the right day, I can help you flatten your learning curve. If I've got anything to say, it's this: you are the authority on you.
A person must be in tune with the light and dark forces of their nature and remain in harmony with the bands of their own multivariate being.
With increased self-awareness comes focus... We become selective. We refrain from jumping to grab every opportunity that comes on our way...
There can be no one better than yourself, so be the best version of you because no one is born to represent another.
Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror.
The road to enlightenment requires a life dedicated to self-study, accepting the minor tragedies of life as an ineluctable part of the human condition.
The real virtue is not to be free from desires but to be content with what you have.
I always dream of it: that something will open my eyes, and open everything inside me as well.
Loving yourself may seem like the hardest thing to do. But it's the greatest gift you can give yourself. If you're waiting for someone else to do it for you, you're wasting your time.
The most astonishing fact of life is that MAN has not only stopped responding to others, but also to HIMSELF!
The first and immediate thing to do when you find yourself stuck in terror is to breathe!
Since we have been primed to think of the subconscious as a closet of monsters to be avoided, we tend to fear it. Thus, we avoid the unconscious storage room where the creative solution is hidden.
Self-awareness is inevitably erratic, a work in progress, an etch-a-sketch that shifts with the slightest shimmer of movement. Doing the best we can is the best we can do.
When I'm sad I tend to slide in to day dream and sing along whatever I hear on the radio.
There is no such thing as 'God given scripture', 'the messenger of God' or 'the Last Prophet'.
Why is it that we so easily confide secrets to strangers that we so carefully hide from ourselves?
