The Self Quotes

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself.

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.

It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be.

The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.

The goal of privacy is not to protect some stable self from erosion but to create boundaries where this self can emerge, mutate, and stabilize.

We are only here for a little while, and our bodies belong to ourselves and no one else.

Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.

My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.

All I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect

I don't believe that. I don't believe that there are bad things about you. Only things that you think are bad.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.

You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks.

What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.

It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best.

It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge.

Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect.

In a society that judges self-worth on productivity, it's no wonder we fall prey to the misconception that the more we do, the more we're worth

Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.

High self-esteem isn't a luxury. It's a necessity for anyone who has important goals to achieve.

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self fulfilling prophecy?

To allow yourself your own experience is the greatest act of self love

Dig deep and believe in yourself and have the self-confidence you need to forge ahead.

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.

Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty.

Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's life and craft.

[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle the apparatus of oppression.

Self-esteem and self-love are the opposites of fear; the more you like yourself, the less you fear anything.

Oh, hasten not this loving act, Rapture where self and not-self meet: My life has been the awaiting you, Your footfall was my own heart's beat.

The anxiety of fate is conquered by the self-affirmation of the individual as an infinitely significant microcosmic representation of the universe .

You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

The self is every person's true enemy.

Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch.