The Self Quotes

At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?

We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design.

My idea for a Buddhist video game: No guns. Self-immolate instead. Get reincarnated. Repeat until you find Nirvana. Takes forever to play.

The biggest thing for me is the self-satisfaction of winning the race. I don't care about who gets the most attention. I've achieved something that's very special to me.

Our grocery store now has self-checkout, for your convenience. It's like getting punched in the throat, for your comfort.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

I grew up very self-loathing. I was a phobic. I had anxiety. I had panic attacks.

I'm curious by individuals that embrace half a story so they can justify how incomplete they feel about their own self worth.

Note to self: When noticing flyaway hairs, do not use lip gloss as an 'on-the-go' hair gel.

When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.

The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth.

My life is devoted to self-delusion - and I have a great capacity for that - but it's the thing that gives me the most pleasure, so I can't complain about it.

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

All the forms of double taxation in the current system are punitive and self-destructive because they are literally destroying people's incentive to provide that seed corn for future economic growth.

I think it's fair to say we're both in the business of self-obliteration through music.

That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.

I taught myself to write in order to understand who I was and so yes, writing was an act of self-actualization in the beginning.

We are all self-made men and women, but only the successful take credit for it.

She thinks, "Hey, How did I come to this? I dream myself a thousand times around the world, But I can't get out of this place"

There is a person whose acquaintance and conversation I do earnestly recommend unto you as thing of the greatest advantage: you will be surprised when I tell you it is yourself.

People in government are self-interested just like people in business.

I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks.

Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.

There's good self-consciousness, and then there's toxic, paralyzing, raped-by-psychic-Bedouins self-consciousness.

Officers are taught to use all the tricks and lies that courts permit within the scope of the Fifth Amendment's shield against self-incrimination.

Becoming a culturally intelligent innovators starts with something as basic as exercising self-control.

Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge.

Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must know how to act it with self-command and precision.

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty of time for that yet.

I would never complain about One Day taking off but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.

Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great.

I've never been good at self-promotion. And my URL is really obscure. And for years and years, there was nothing about me on my website.

I hate self-publishing; it's a real drag and it takes up a lot of space.

I had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000."

Annual earnings in the fast-food industry are well below the income needed for self-sufficiency, and fast-food industry jobs are also much less likely than other jobs to provide health benefits.

I'm wonderfully self-lacerating, probably to my character's detriment. I'm terribly open to critique.

I think I was like [a game of] skittles, knocked apart by this wooden ball, and there's a strength to that: you're not too self-conscious about what you're doing, so you're not too worried about it.

Humanity was drawn to turmoil and self-destruction as inevitably as the earth was drawn to complete its annual revolution of the sun.

All of my books come from something that I happen to be working out at a given point in my life. Its kind of self-therapy.

Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.

The unmet need that can get met right now is the need to be whole, to be both your magnificent, divine self and your imperfect, human self.

Emotional turmoil can be a powerful catalyst to reconnect us with our divine nature. It propels us into a journey of self discovery and urges us to learn how to love and accept our entire being.

Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.

So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

We cannot force our self to stay longer with something,situation or with the person who we don't really like . The best decision is to move on so then we can stay happy with our life style.

There is only one source of authentic self-confidence: reason.

Who has magnificent self-confidence And fears nothing that exists? The man who has attained to truth And lives free of error.

You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.

I work out all the time. Cardio, resistance and a lot of jogging. I love to go hiking. I'm going to invest this in myself, into my self-worth, into my self-esteem.