The Self Quotes

Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, - the fear instinct.

Freedom is not a self-preserving gift. It has to be earned, and it has to be protected.

I came from a state where 35 percent self-identify as Tea Partiers, so I'm a bit distorted perhaps in my appreciation for the larger American population.

When money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.

The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew that if I drank, I'd have a drinking problem.

Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.

Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.

You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.

My inner wolf seeks to destroy the one I love for reasons of self-preservation. For the only cure to free my soul is to be killed, in an act of true love, by the one who loves me most.

It is the main motivation of mankind to be free, to express our true selves and pursue our dreams without restriction--to experience what may be called Personal Freedom.

Business coaching and the personal development and self-help industry is considered to be one of the booming industries today.

We have to reconceptualize and understand that the act of pursuing our dreams and being our full selves is what allows us to feel alive.

Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)

Shame--what happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down.

Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good that keep us from acting out on our darkest impulses.

Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action.

I think that fashion is very important for me and I think that it's a wonderful means of self-expression.

We are creatures on this planet that have the capacity of self-awareness, playing out our role just the same as all else.

The master of any craft is first a master of self, cooperating with innate intelligence within.

Don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care.

Love is not about others; love is a practice of self-mastery.

The true creator-self is a light at heart and free child, who accesses destiny as a simple act of joyful play.

Most of my favourite guitarists are self-taught, because in a way there's less of a reverence for the instrument itself, so you end up finding and inventing however you want to play it.

I want to be my usual painstaking, cautious, slow, conservative self in analyzing it.

At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve.

It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us to free ourselves from the very same sins.

The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.

Keeping a diary is like closing your bedroom door and refusing to come out until dinnertime: it is a declaration of self.

Becoming a woman is an act partly of nature and partly of self-invention.

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

Comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. Once you compare yourself to someone else, what you're really saying is that what you're made of isn't good enough.

before feminism was, Paglia was!

Whereas I formerly believed it to be my bounden duty to call other persons to order, I now admit that I need calling to order myself.

The symbols of the self arise from the depths of the body.

I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions.

I come alive when I'm painting. I like to work in oils and acrylics, and the full sensory engagement and self-expression is very stimulating to me.

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

People around the world are confusing the therapeutic value of self-expression with permission to manipulate others with their wounds.

Becoming adept at the process of self inquiry and symbolic insight is a vital spiritual task that leads to the growth of faith in oneself.

Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed.

From a self-conscious standpoint, it's hard to see myself on a screen in a way that isn't just me playing music or doing something silly.

It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes.

I think you'll find that one would be self-defeating." Jace said lightly shoving his feet into his boots. "We are bound, he and I. Cut him and I bleed.

We are ever capable of change and ever capable of being our better selves

My mom says you only need three people you can rely on to achieve self-actualization.

Healthy self esteem is paying attention to how others make us feel, and then choosing those with whom we spend time.

Self-assurance doesn't come from looking perfect and having a great title, but from accepting yourself with all you mistakes and eccentricities.

I'd like to think of my self as not melancholic at all, I think I'm a pretty cheerful person, really.

The thing that we have going for us is that people are willing to sacrifice themselves.