Top 1200 Self Defeating Behavior Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

No one can self-actualize without self-actualizing those around them.

There is no real joy that does not involve self-denial and self-discipline

Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true being. All efforts are to be directed simply to removing the veil of ignorance. Concentrating the mind solely on the Self will lead to happiness or bliss. Drawing in the thoughts, restraining them and preventing them from straying outwards is called detachment (vairagya). Fixing them in the Self is spiritual practice (sadhana). Concentrating on the heart is the same as concentrating on the Self. Heart is another name for Self.

I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial.

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.

We can so reconstruct society that it will be self-perpetuating instead of as now, self-exhaustive.

Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.

Style has always been in my mind the author's Self, the creative expression of that Self.

I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.

Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another.

The self-portrait is an act of objectifying the self and in that regard is a unique form of portraiture.

Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding.

I woke up this morning and I said to my self, 'Self, I think we need to party today'.

It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.

That's the biggest part of our sport, is self-confidence, and self-belief.

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

Social cognitive theory rejects the dichotomous conception of self as agent and self as object. Acting on the environment and acting on oneself entail shifting the perspective of the same agent rather than reifying different selves regulating each other or transforming the self from agent to object

With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.

Let America realize that self-scrutiny is not treason. Self-examination is not disloyalty.

My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence.

The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem.

Art requires, above all things, a suppression of self, a subordination of one's self to an idea.

The teeth of self-pity had gnawed away her essential self.

That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

Self-defense...is the only honourable course where there is unreadiness for self-immolation.

Self-realization and self-fulfilment are the sine qua non for human existence.

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves.

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.

Every act of self control leads to a sense of self-respect.

The subliminal self is in no way inferior to the conscious self. It knows how to choose and to divine.

The organization of self, and all self-aligning principles would be those that I promote.

There are two persons in the world we never see as they are,--one's self and one's other self.

I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing.

Choice is the declaration by self that a certain ideal of self shall be realized.

I don't believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the rest of the time.

Most people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image.

Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait!

I'm just kind of lazy and messed up and self-managed - self-mismanaged.

What could begin to deny self, if there were not something in man different from self?

The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement.

Perhaps the greatest self-deceit is to tell ourselves that we can be self-sufficient.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.

The phrase "think for one's self" is a pleonasm. Unless one does it for one's self, it isn't thinking.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

When it comes to sexuality, sensuality, self-representation, self-nurturance - America fails in those departments.

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!

Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self.

Like every other self-respecting academic, I'm distrustful of self-help books.

Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions.

The ego is the separate self through which the universal self can experience the adventure of living.