The Self Quotes

Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken.

There are moments when, like all of us, you get a bit self-conscious and you'd rather not be living any of your day in public. Those are the awkward times, but you've got to have fun with it.

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

You too are a work of art.

Neither woman nor man lives by work, or love, alone ... The human self defines itself and grows through love and work: All psychology before and after Freud boils down to that.

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

The great gifts of models are not that they're more beautiful than the next person, it's that they're able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.

The negro has within him immense power for self-uplifting, but for years it will be necessary to guide and stimulate him.

If you want to know, life is the principle of self-renewal, it is constantly renewing and remaking and changing and transfiguring itself.

The dismissal of any of these people would send a useful signal to U.S. allies that the president has the nerve - and self-awareness - to make a change.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

Almost all unhappiness in life comes from the tendency to blame someone else.

There is a simple path to follow, that appears only when you calm your mind. It leads you on a beautiful journey back to your original self; the perfect, beautiful you.

When God becomes a Man and lives as a creature among His own creatures in Palestine, then indeed His life is one of supreme self-sacrifice and leads to Calvary.

... the mere thought of going near a man who is not mellowly pickled, and whose breath reeks of his native fleshy self, is squeamishly unpalatable to me.

And we find at the end of a perfect day, The soul of a friend we've made.

Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.

The only one who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self.

It scares me to speak my mind, it might sound self-absorbed, I don't say half of what I think, I wonder what I'm thinking for

On the vaporization and the centralization of the Self. All is there.

Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.

There is a great difference between the irreconcilable and the self-contradict ory.

A "godly" person is one who ceases to be self-centered in order to become God-centered.

We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be reminded, over and over again, about our own best selves.

I have for the first time found what I can truly love- I have found you. You are my sympathy-my better self-my good angel-I am bound to you with a strong attachment.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

Self-love is part of your birthright. I'm excited to be sharing this message to "beautiful girls" everywhere, including those disguised as grandmothers.

Don't let anything morph you or push you around or have you be something you're not.

I've come to think that's what heaven is- a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on.

The only love language is 'die to self.'

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.

The world is not the illusion. It's you who are the illusion.

You can't compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self esteem issues.

The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.

Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.

I feel like, as a filmmaker, I'm at my strongest when I write the script and when it comes from me, out of whole cloth. My best work has always been self-generated.

Reciprocity helps us balance the need for self-determination and creative individuality with mutual hope, and therefore what might be described as "solidarity".

Among the earliest forms of human self-awareness was the awareness of being meat.

Listen to any self doubt for anything that needs to be addressed, address it, and keep rocking!

Beliefs that are good promote your potential and enhance your unique special qualities.

When in doubt, doubt the doubt!

Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.

The sad truth is that among today's evangelicals it is not loving and esteeming God but self-love and self-esteem that are presented as the pressing need!

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in.

There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

When you act on your impulses to play, when you are open to the possibilities in each moment, you replace your fears with self-understanding, self-esteem, and personal strength.

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.