Self Quotes
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.Samuel Johnson
He is a self - Made man, very much in love with his creator.Benjamin Disraeli
Are you bored with life Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.Dale Carnegie
Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved problems of the organization of labor and the distribution of goods - - In order that the creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.Albert Einstein
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.Michel de Montaigne
Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it sparkles in the setting of modest self - Distrust; and never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive any injury.Author Unknown
Most maxim - Mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield
When I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer - Say traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep - It is on such occasions that my ideas flow best, and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them...Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus
The greatist thing in the world is for a man to know how to be himself.Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.Albert Einstein
Watch for good times to retreat into yourself. Frequently meditate on how good God is to you.Thomas a Kempis, quoted in the LDS Church News 8/20/2005
My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would wish for you the ability to see yourself as others see you. Then you would realize what a truly special person you are.B. A. Billingsly
There has already been published by the bucketfuls such brazen lies and utter fictions about me that I would long since have gone to my grave if I had let myself pay attention to that.Albert Einstein
Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.Doris Lessing
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.Spanish Prove
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to - Day for to - Morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.Miguel de Cervantes
Self - Esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self - Esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.Bette Midle
Any movement in history which attempts to perpetuate itself, becomes reactionary.Marshal Tito
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.Reggie Leach
Formal education will earn you a living, self - Education make you a fortune.Unknown
Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.Joseph Campbell
There is no limit to stupidity. Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.Gene Wolfe
It is by no means self - Evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited violent physical passions do not in themselves differentiate men from each other, but rather tend to reduce them to the same state.Thomas Elliot
It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.Salvador Dali
Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.Hannah Whitall Smith, 1907
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - And you are the easiest person to fool.Richard Feynman, Caltech commencement address, 1974
The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.Oscar Wilde
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.Lois McMaster Bujold, "A Civil Campaign", 1999
Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.Stephen Leacock, "Nonsense Novels", 1911
Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.Lao - Tzu
In summer, the song sings itself.William Carlos Williams
He who conquers others is strong He who conquers himself is mighty.Lao Tzu
Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.Saadi, On the Duties of Society
To handle yourself, use your head To handle others, use your heart.Roosevelt, Eleano
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.Robert Louis Stevenson
You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.Publilius Syrus
