Self Quotes
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering you own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - Every day begin the task anew.Saint Francis de Sales
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.I Ching
Everything is connected... no one thing can change by itself.Paul Hawken
If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.Sebastien - Roch Nicolas
Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.Jennifer Aniston
He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid. But he said, in substance, to himself that if the earth and the moon were about to clash, many people would doubtless plan to get upon the roofs to witness the collision.Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage, chapter 8
Respect yourself most of all.Pythagorus
Mediocrity does not see higher than itself. But talent instantly recognizes the genius.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.Werner Heisenberg
The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.Garth Brooks, Country Music
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.George Gurdjieff
A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.Thomas Carruthers
We are survival machines - Robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.Richard Dawkings:, "The Selfish Gene".
Give not over thy soul to sorrow; and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Gladness of heart is the life of man and the joyfulness of man is length of days.Ecclesiastes
Life has. taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.Alan Stewart Paton
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die no soul will pity me: And wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?William Shakespeare, Richard III, V. iii
The world itself is the will to power - And nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - And nothing else!Friedrich Nietzsche, "The Will to Power".
It is one of those beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.Charles Dudley Warne
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.Proverbs 1532 Bible
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - In firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.Seneca
Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.Saint Teresa of Avila
The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.Wystan Hugh Auden
It is noble to teach oneself, it is still nobler to teach others.Mark Twain
Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.Joseph Addison
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.Ronald Reagan
The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.Jane Wyman
To love oneself is the beginning of a life - Long romance.Oscar Wilde
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
The soul who meditates on the Self is content to serve the Self and rests satisfied within the Self there remains nothing more for him to accomplish.Bhagavad Gita
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.Sir Richard F. Burton
Ask yourself Have you been kind today Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.Annie Lennox
Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.Truman Capote
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - - And you are the easiest person to fool.Richard Phillips Feynman
Vegetarianism is harmless enough, although it is apt to fill a man with wind and self - Righteousness.Sir Robert Hutchison
Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.Orison Swett Marden
The only gift is a portion of thyself.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.Claude Levi - Strauss
It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
