The Self Quotes

When the beginnings of self destruction enter the heart, it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.

Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy.

I have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in my mind.

Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.

Self-confidence is nothing more than belief in one’s ability to decide and in one’s decisions.

Self-doubt is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I don't feel like my money or my success defines me. I've always been very happy just bein' me.

As you get older, it's always a process of self-love, learning how to really do that for yourself instead of trying to find it outside yourself.

National self-sufficiency or "autarchy" is the ideal of [Adolf] Hitler, not of [Karl] Marx and [Vladimir] Lenin.

You can lie to your wife or your boss, but you cannot lie to your typewriter. Sooner or later you must reveal your true self in your pages.

Self control is about being in charge of the direction our lives are taking. Now for the paradox: We get control of our lives, ultimately, not by will power but by surrender.

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

Fear does its best work in isolation. Courage wears the face of your ability to love and be loved. Breakthrough happens when you discover your self-worth had nothing to do with what you looked like.

All of us must come to an honest, open self-examination, an awareness within as to who and what we want to be.

The story of Love is the story of Love of Self.

Apart from a very close circle of friends, few people know my true self, and it's normal, I never put it into my music.

I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod.

Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even if everyone in your life tells you you’re wrong or bad or crazy.

Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.

Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.

My self-absorption warms me; yours boils me.

Everyone tries to research your background. I have a real fear of celebrity and exposing my real self.

Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.

the self expands through acts of self forgetfulness.

A true friend holds you accountable to your best self.

The difference between the university graduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in the extent of vitality and self-confidence.

It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know?

It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.

Appearance is the most public part of the self. It is our sacrament, the visible self that the world assumes to be a mirror of the invisible, inner self.

When we talk about Skill India Mission, we do not merely talk about filling the pockets of people. We want to instil a sense of self-confidence among the poor.

If there is a panacea, or cure-all to life, it is self love.

lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.

Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.

We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control.

that which is begun in self-confidence will end in shame.

There's nothing like self-improvement to get your friends to like you for who you were.

A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt.

Come to the Root of the Root of your Self

Self-denial is the best riches.

There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream.

I'm very involved with learning to be self-sufficient.

I feel self-doubt whether I'm doing something hard or easy.

Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.

This is the beauty that emerges from self-confidence, class confidence. That says, I am not born to please. I am born to be pleased.

I am a financial planner, not a psychiatrist, but I do know that your net worth will rise to meet your self-worth only if your self-worth rises to accept what can be yours.

For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt.

God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self.

This is not a time for fear, brethren, but rather a time for faith - a time for each of us who holds the priesthood to be his best self.

The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.