Self Quotes

Play is the most natural method of self-healing that childhood affords.

The witness of the three states of consciousness [waking, dream and deep sleep] and of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss is the Self

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

We need not seek a cause or a motive or a purpose for that which is, in its nature, eternally self-existent and free.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

The self... is not an organic thing that has a specific location, whose fundamental fate is to be born, to mature, to die; it is a dramatic effect arising diffusely from a scene that is presented.

Space seems broken and diverse because of the many forms in it. Remove the forms and pure space remains. So, too with the Omnipresent Self.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

Don’t be afraid of being unique. It’s like being afraid of your best self.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.

Our words reveal our thoughts; our manners mirror our self-esteem; our actions reflect our character; our habits predict the future.

Ours is the Spirit of the Eucharist, the total Gift of Self.

The Lord continues to empty us in order to teach us to lay aside all self-reliance, that we may cling to Christ alone.

Master your breath, let the self be in bliss, contemplate on the sublime within you.

Joining a sub-culture, any sub-culture, for whatever reason, is as I see it never a legitimate self-expression. It is always a result of sheep mentality; a wish to belong somewhere.

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

Do not take someone's silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Life is too deep for words, so don't try to describe it, just live it.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.

Dave Rudabaugh is an ignorant scoundrel! I disapprove of his very existence. I considered ending it myself on several occasions but self-control got the better of me.

The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river.

Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.

I'm just trying to remember what self-respect feels like. It's a fading memory.

Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.