The Self Quotes

Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.

A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.

To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all. But to believe in the unseen is both a triumph and a blessing.

If you get clear on the what, the how will be taken care of.

People don't know my real self, and they're not about to find out.

You marry at the level of your self-esteem, make sure you have self worth.

But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth

To attain "success" without attaining positive self-esteem is to be condemned to feeling like an imposter anxiously awaiting exposure.

For workaholics, all the eggs of self-esteem are in the basket of work.

Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient.

Assurance is not to be obtained so much by self-examination as by action

The best motivation is self-motivation.

Self-pity can make one weep, as can onions.

Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

God has nothing to say to the self-righteous.

The true self, once discovered, is the source of creativity, intelligence and personal growth. No external solution has such power.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

Developing personal power includes learning not to negotiate your self-worth for the sake of someone else or sell yourself short for a job.

Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry.

What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves?

The ancient human question 'Who am I?' leads inevitably to the equally important question 'Whose am I?' - for there is no self outside of relationship.

The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux.

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.

The acceptance of vertical differentiation with the built-in principle of self-determination must apply on as many levels as possible.

And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding

Don't be afraid of fear. Because it sharpens you, it challenges you, it makes you stronger; and when you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

There is a voice inside which speaks and says, "This is the real me!"

I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.

Every act is an expression of one's self.

Notwithstanding all the wrongs that slavery heaped upon me, I can bless it for one thing-youth's important lesson of self-reliance.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.

Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.

To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.

The life which is not examined is not worth living.

When you're younger, you're more selfish, because there's so much self-exploration, you're in your own mind.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.

What the neurology tells us is that the self consists of many components, and the notion of one unitary self may well be an illusion.

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative powers of the universe.

Your ego interferes, your sense of self. When you let go of the mind, the Frisbee will take its own path.

Authenticity means to be the author of your own life.

Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.

The ego is the separate self through which the universal self can experience the adventure of living.