The Self Quotes

I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

Few things turn-off an audience more than a performer with an air of self-imporance or a 'message.'

Cats ... are completely self-sufficient and can leave you at any time and go off and make a living. And yet cats can have warm and loving relationships with humans.

As your lover describes you, so you are.

Peter Mandelson is one of the most odious, self-satisfied, misogynistic men I have ever met. Compellingly, fascinatingly horrible.

Brilliant, inspiring . . . if you are on a pursuit of self-mastery, make time to read this!

We need to conceive of ourselves as "agents" impelled by self-generated intentions.

It's a struggle for me to watch things I've been in because I'm just distracted and self-critical.

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

That's the thing about being an artist, you don't have to take anyone else's perspective into account. You can act as self-indulgent in your emotions as you want.

When you realise that you possess within your self everything you need to promote your own success, the feeling is one of empowerment.

I can never remember names. I'm so self-centered and have a terrible memory.

Mirror that lies, mirror that lies, that can't be me in the gorilla disguise.

Who are we beyond the roles that we play?

It is great to be introspective, self analysis can be useful, but only if it results in action.

History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.

Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.

The cure to your self is that you are not yours.

Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self.

Beware of that monster called 'self-loathing'.

Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into the acquisition of it.

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

Rest is the fitting of self to its sphere.

The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.

The individual who has become a stranger to himself has lost the capacity for genuine self-renewal.

Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it.

Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

If you lose self-control everything will fall.

No matter how much you want to be self-sufficient and alone, there is a natural human impulse to need something more than that.

To be individually righteous is the first of all duties, come what may to ones self, to one's country, to society, and to civilization itself.

I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation.

You have to maintain who you are as a person and stay true to yourself - that's my biggest moral as a human being, as well as a very self-deprecating sense of humor.

Some men are self-made, but most are the revised work of a wife and children.

I am not pushy. You want it, you buy it. Most people hit the customer over the head. But if you're too self-important, it's kind of repellent.

The only thing I can really trust is my own self-indulgence.

To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.

Never underestimate the Pricey.

I believe in a lot of astrology. I believe in aliens. I look up into the stars and I imagine: How self-important are we to think that we are the only life-form?

Faith, spirituality, and obedience produce a prepared and self-reliant people.

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.

The only measures that count are progress over your own self, and triumph over the vacant abstractions that most people mistake for thinking.

I try to show the freedom to be yourself, unapologetically and irreverently.

Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.

I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.

The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft.

Anything short of the discipline and honesty of a true gold coin standard will inevitably self-destruct, consuming our wealth and liberties, and nurturing the omnipotent state.

Apathy is the self-defense of the powerless.

Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.

Once you've started down that road to self-discovery, no matter how treacherous the path before you, you can't turn back. The universe doesn't allow it.

To bring one's self to believe in a truth that has just dawned upon one is the first step towards progress; to persuade others is the second.