Self Quotes

I was still keenly aware as in my childhood of the inexplicable nature of my presence here on earth

Never feed someone else's dream, you will only remain as a ghost in their vision.

The awkwardness of getting reward in a well-off society is that the creation of appetite often requires undoing the work of satisfying appetite.

I leaned over the sink, closer to my reflection, and stare at myself hard. I don't know what I see. I don't even know what I want to see.

When I look back and reflect even to this day I made the decision to stop feeling sorry for myself and to move forward even when I felt like I didn't want to

Aww, the sound of waves crashing along the ocean side and spraying back up to touch the wind only for a moment, then to fall back down becoming the ocean once more...

What have you done to qualify yourself for the miracles you are expecting.

Love is seeking the good and being the good.

I was more addicted to self destruction then to the drugs themselves ... something very romantic about it

Goodness, I was already a dork most of the times. I didn't need to be a drunk or high dork.

Does not people's preoccupation these days with drugs, alcohol, medication and self deception prove that the truth not only hurts, but it is torture to bear?

Most haters are stuck in a poisonous mental prison of jealousy and self-doubt that blinds them to their own potentiality.

We all have the greatest potential. Life is about finding it, embracing it and then learning to be with it in the world without fear of prejudice or judgment.

I understood drinking to be the gasoline of all adventure.

Forging fake smiles to hide painful truths doesn't take away the hurt, but sometimes safeguards our emotions from those adamant not to understand.

The world won't get more or less terrible if we're indoors somewhere with a mug of hot chocolate.

Talent is useful, but always keep your dagger sharp.

Talent comes from education you had, languages you know and finally from skills you gain in your life.

Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.

On the other hand, when we disown our beliefs, we lose touch with ourselves. We no longer know who we are or what we believe and neither does anyone else.

I have always found the hardest mind to change is one that is religious.

I miss the thrill of your self-destructive heart that melts in the sun like chocolate, bittersweet and incandescent.

A genius is no more—and no less—than someone who insists on the truth, while others face the other way.

Fear and self-doubt are the greatest killers of personal genius.

Before you can tame your genius spirit, you have to find her.

We begin to become divine by learning to love like the divine loves. And how does the divine love? It loves everyone-including you-freely and without conditions.

If this inner and critical voice has kept you safe for many years as your inner voice of authority, you may end up not being able to hear the real voice of God.

Virtues should not be seen as a medium to please others, else, they'll always fall short. They should, first, be a medium of self-edification.

I will continue to write what I love to read, and the fact that it doesn't sell as well as romance or sci-fi or fantasy isn't the point.

There is nothing spiritual about a marriage that uses guilt, blame, shame or religious manipulations to keep a relationship together.

Paradise of Lailah Gifty Akita is reading, wondering and writing.

As empaths, one of the quickest ways to completely losing our grounding in reality is by deferring our needs and wants in relationships.

Intuition: the feeling you know something when you know nothing.

Maybe he would see me as weak and stupid. Maybe he was right.

quality input determines a quality output and feedback.

There are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.

We can see that for the deep work to continue, trying to prove one's worth to the chorus of jealous hags is pointless.

Writing is also an art.

Begin to take the initiative when you want to meet someone new. Be the one who steps forward first. Simply say hello and begin a conversation.

Imagine how many new friends you would make, how much new business you could create, and how much fun you could have by simply taking the initiative to be the inviter.

When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin.

And wishes, truly wishes, that she could say the same herself. Because hurting herself would be so much easier.

Sometimes your wish can become chaos ... be careful what you wish for!

For that thought to be strong, however, it must be free of doubt, for doubt weakens the will, weakens the response of the universe, and slows the manifestation of desire.

Regardless of how far we have come, we are still looking for answers. While many are being answered, what we really want to know is how we can make our lives better.

You are what you think, not what others think of you.

Sewn together patterns, like many clashing moods, She wears what No others dare

...I prefer rain -sometimes I feel sunlight will turn me to stone - perhaps I'm a Troll...

You are eternal, beautiful, and real.

Contemporaries of Alexander Hamilton noticed "his conspicuous sense of self-possession, his unique combination of serenity and energy.