The Self Quotes

When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is no need to judge your-self.

You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.

[Peace in Syria] is [António Guterres] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident.

We never get to love by hate, least of all by self-hatred.

I didn't want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.

Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

You know, your species [humans] has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself.

I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze up.

Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.

If you've got great parents, once you grow up and have to live by yourself, you're going to create some fake self as you get comfortable wherever you are.

When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it's because you haven't had parents around so you try to build characters to protect yourself.

There's a part in every person that has a fake self. We've had this since infancy due to our parents and our upbringing.

Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation.

The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.

He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.

Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle.

One of the most empowering things about being a self-employed actor is also one of the hardest things; I get to set my own goals.

It's healthy to periodically self examine your life, your goals, your relationships, and ask yourself honestly, am I happy? Am I on the right track?

He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.

Man is a wonder to himself; he can neither govern nor know himself.

Let not a man's self be to him all in all.

God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.

Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct a better organized image.

There is in the darkness a unity, if you will, that cannot be achieved in any other environment, a blending of self with what the self perceives, and exquisite mystical experience.

The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime

No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

God desires to change us from the inside out. Renewing our minds, starving our self-destructive tendencies, and teaching us to form new habits.

And that's where the whole trouble is. We're too much alike to understand each other because we don't even understand our own selves.

The summit, which is set up to educate people about managing their money and protecting their income, leads to empowerment of self, for which this summit needs to be applauded.

You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.

Anything that's any good is self-perpetuating.

The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion.

I had opportunities to play with other people and give my self some sort of security, but for some reason I wanted to play solo and just put it out there.

I'm an experimental artist in a field that doesn't celebrate experimentation. It celebrates self-destruction, which I guess you could say is a creative endeavor.

Being fired is something... You have to really want to be an actor after you go through something like that. Because the level of self-doubt and insecurity that creeps into your psyche is monumental.

I wish I could say that when I didn't agree with a director I defer to him, but I think sometimes I'm a little self-righteous.

What we do is inherently self-centered and sort of narcissistic. It's hard to really be thinking about myself all of the time when I have a dog who needs me to be caring for him twenty-four seven.

Each one is all in all to himself; for being dead, all is dead to him.

Le moi est ha|«s sable. The self is hateful.

Proud to steal her anything she sees, but you will wind up peeking through her key hole down upon your knees.

The ability to Self-Motivate is a cornerstone of true wealth.

The more you look down on others, the less ANYBODY will look up to you.

We try to invest in companies that are putting together environmental programs and working to improve their overall social and environmental self.

If you don't respect yourself, don't expect others to respect you.

I'm not much interested in my own self when I write. I'm interested in what I observe out there, what's going on around me.

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.