The Self Quotes

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures ... they are the weakest however strong who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Strong people don't need strong leaders.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game ... confidence makes the difference.

I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material.

If there be a faith that can move mountains it is faith in one's own power.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks on great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

One's self-image is very important because if that's in good shape then you can do anything or practically anything.

I've never had a humble opinion in my life. If you're going to have one why bother to be humble about it?

They conquer who believe they can.

Women who are confident of their abilities are more likely to succeed than those who lack confidence even though the latter may be much more competent and talented and industrious.

Self-reverence self-knowledge self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power.

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought and not as many of those who worry about their shortcomings believe an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

He can inspire a group only if he himself is filled with confidence and hope of success.

A good sweat with the blood pounding through my body makes me feel alive revitalized. I gain a sense of mastery and assurance. I feel good about myself. Then I can feel good about others.

Measure yourself by your best moments not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.

Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.

Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief the more will reality and the world go forth from it.

"Glamour" is assurance. It is a kind of knowing that you are all right in every way mentally and physically and in appearance and that whatever the occasion or the situation you are equal to it.

To be confident is to act in faith.

Everybody's business is nobody's business and nobody's business is my business.

I listen and give input only if somebody asks.

Temptations come as a general rule when they are sought.

Too often in ironing out trouble someone gets scorched.

Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you never speak of them and don't ask about them.

I will write of him who fights and vanquishes his sins who struggles on through weary years against himself ... and wins.

What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

If you can't write your message in a sentence you can't say it in an hour.

Sweet words are like honey a little may refresh but too much gluts the stomach.

I am indeed a king because I know how to rule myself.

He who conquers others is strong he who conquers himself is mighty.

A woman that's too soft and sweet is like tapioca pudding-fine for them as likes it.

Gammy used to say "Too much scrubbing takes the life right out of things."

Who is apt on occasion to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument.

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

Waiting is one of the great arts.

Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking you are boring somebody.

We don't want to push our ideas on to customers we simply want to make what they want.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

As far as your self-control goes as far goes your freedom.

That is always our problem not how to get control of people but how all together we can get control of a situation.

He that would govern others should first be the master of himself.

You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion however unpopular are allowed to put across their points of view.

There is space within sisterhood for likeness and difference for the subtle differences that challenge and delight there is space for disappointment- and surprise.

In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained no man can be truly free. He may have power but he will not have freedom.

Ambition old as mankind the immemorial weakness of the strong.

When one clings to the myth of superiority one must constantly overlook the virtues and abilities of others.