The Self Quotes

You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.

Confidence is preparation in action.

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

The people who could most benefit from the self-reflective ego-dissolving qualities of cannabis are the ones that want it to be illegal.

Marinate in your own being, grow in your wisdom, mature in understanding, be firm in your conviction, be strong in your Self.

Seldom can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still; Self-forgetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill.

The biggest challenge you have is to challenge your own self doubt and your laziness. It is your self doubt and your laziness that defines and limit who you are.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.

Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.

[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry.

It must be shown that self-seeking is out of fashion, and that the world is moving on to a larger conception of living.

To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.

A self-willed man obeys a different law, the one law I, too, hold absolutely sacred the human law in himself, his own individual will.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.

I am I plus my circumstances.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

Words create conceptions and self-conceptions and ultimately nations. They can start and stop wars. They can would and heal. Choosing words carefully is a moral responsibility.

When man thinks in self-conscious submission to the voluntary revelation of the self-sufficient God, he has therewith the only possible ground of certainty for his knowledge.

The same inexpressible Truth is experienced in two ways: as Self-luminous Silence, or as the Eternal Play of the One.

The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination.

Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.

The hardest victory is the victory over self.

Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.

Live at your highest potential-moment to moment to moment... When do we feel most alive? When we're being ourselves-our highest selves.

Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.

I feel like our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.

A self-esteem issue doesn't change whether you're considered beautiful or not because it's about what's inside you.

If I am not I, who will be?

Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.

See yourself as self employed.

I want freedom, the right to self-expression , everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things.

Self confidence is the ability to exercise restraint in the face of disrespect and still show respect in response.

Most people love you for who you pretend to be.

When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.

I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.

We may never be martyrs but we can die to self, to sin, to the world, to our plans and ambitions. That is the significance of baptism; we died with Christ and rose to new life.

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.