A Quote by Sophocles
Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted.
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To be honest, most of my troubles - bankruptcy, drinking, gambling - were self-inflicted.
Most of all, I like the fact that you share yourself with me. That I don't have to prove my strength to you. I don't have to hurt or be hurt to lie with you." - Vane
Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are.
Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted.
But poverty, with most who whimper forth
Their long complaints, is self-inflicted woe;
The effect of laziness, or sottish write.
We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.
Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other, at least not deliberately. We trust his or her good intentions, though we know we might be hurt by the way circumstances play out between us. We might say that hurt happens; it’s a given of life. Harm is inflicted; it’s a choice some people make.
I believe that mediocrity is self-inflicted and that genius is self-bestowed.
Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt,
Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled;
Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm
Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.
I look back now, and most of the drama in my life was self-inflicted. I don't need to make up so much drama now.
People are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles.
It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.
Pressure is self-inflicted.
I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.
We are suffering a national defeat comparable to any lost military campaign, and what is more, it is self- inflicted? It is about time that we pulled our fingers out? The rest of the world most certainly does not owe us a living.
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