The Self Quotes

Being yourself doesn’t attract women... being your most attractive self, does.

The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is hungry?

Pleasure is a manifestation of self-re-creation. Pleasure is worship because it replenishes the soul.

We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn't define us, it has no center.

Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

I have realized that my real self is a greater entity than any possible post or title.

But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.

Clarity is essential. Knowing exactly what you want builds your self-confidence immeasurably.

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance , the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe are challenged by this point of pale light.

Patience is a virtue Savannah, to tolerate delay. It implies self control and forbearance, as opposed to wanting what we want when we want it. Something to think about. . .

In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility.

Developing concern for others, thinking of them as part of us, brings self-confidence , reduces our sense of suspicion and mistrust, and enables us to develop a calm mind.

A token of ecological awareness in a society devoted to self destruction and waste but unwilling to acknowledge its indulgent ways.

If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet.

In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

All of the searching, all of the struggling, all of the efforting to find your true self is naturally revealed in open, relaxed simplicity.

It's been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self -esteem. It's the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed with self- loathing.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

I love to read. My education is self-inflicted

Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi. -Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn

Advice from others is always filtered through self interest.

Based on our natural heritage as the Divine Light of God, every one of us possesses intuition... defined as the language of the soul.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

If your desire is a 10 but your self-esteem is a 5, you'll never perform at the level of a 10. You'll perform as a 5 or lower. People are ever able to outperform their self-image.

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

I want to be as self-reliant as possible and do it all from within.

Let India become alive by self-purification, that is self-restraint and self-denial, and she will be a boon to herself and mankind.

The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.

The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose.

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

I've learned that loving your self requires a courage unlike any other. It requires us to believe in and stay loyal to something no one else can see that keeps us in the world - our own self worth.

True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.

My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.

I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my imagination on other people and on life.

Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Everything that scares you is an opportunity to know your best self better.

Education must award self-confidence, the courage to depend on one's own strength.

Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial.

One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

Our motive is not to prove our self-worth, but to live up to our possibilities.

I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.

If one is true to one's inner self, and follows its wisdom, who is without a teacher?

Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.

There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.