Top 1200 Self-Discipline Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe.

Self-recognition, the self-contemplation of spirit is the primary movement out of which all creativeness proceeds.

When I'm away from sport and not doing something I have much self-belief in, I can lack self-confidence at times.

Martial arts is self-growth. It's artistic impression. It's self-defense... it doesn't have any place in politics.

To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.

History is like self-reflection through the medium of language propelling itself into self-recognition.

The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self or that we are anyone in particular.

Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.

Self appointed expectations lead to self induced frustrations.

Being on stage is about self esteem and self confidence.

Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.

I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.

I'm self-opinionated, and I have a sense of self. I can be brutal with agents and have been.

I believe that mediocrity is self-inflicted and that genius is self-bestowed.

I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

The universe is not only self-organizing, it is also self-correcting.

It requires self-esteem to receive-not self-love but just a pleasant acquaintance and liking for oneself.

Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind.

Narcissism is actually a clever guise adopted to mask its exact opposite, which is a deep well of self-loathing, a well of low self-esteem, rather than high self-esteem. This helps explain why narcissists are so sensitive to criticism, why narcissists tend to break into outrage if they're criticized, because their self-esteem is actually much more brittle than it seems, and once they're challenged, that mask falls apart.

Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

Blessed is the healthy nature; it is the coherent, sweetly co-operative, not incoherent, self-distracting, self-destructive one!

There seems no intrinsic reason why everyone shouldn't be (self-actualising). Apparently every baby has possibilities for self-actualisation, but most get it knocked out of them ...I think of the self-actualising man not as an ordinary man with something added, but rather as the ordinary man with nothing taken away.

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

The inner self is as distinct from the outer self as heaven is from earth.

It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.

You can make one (self-contained self-rescuer) that would last all day, but you'd have to carry it behind in a wagon.

I am your own self and the self of all beings that exist.

The Philippines are ours forever. They are not capable of self-government. How could they be? They are not a self-governing race.

It is always good to self-analyse and be self-critical. That is how I've got through so far and improved.

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

The self-edited author is as foolish as the self-medicated patient.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.

Nothing is loathsomer than the self-loathing of a self one loathes.

public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self.

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

Don't abuse yourself or withhold self-love or self-care.

If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast.

I think people are inherently self-aggrandizing, pleasureseeking, unempathetic, self-serving, greedy and lustful.

To love is to be balanced, to extend one's self beyond the sense of self.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Carrying a concealed weapon is a sign of self-defense, self-protection, and I think it lowers crime.

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.

Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.

The myth of the self-made man, has to be profoundly hypocritical: it is the self-serving demonstration that a lie is the truth

Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.

Self-sabotage is the smartest thing you can do if you're sabotaging a self that is not really you.

Working out is really the top thing in my life that I do for my own self-esteem and self-worth.

If you don't have self-respect, if you don't have dignity, if you don't have some true knowledge of self and who you are, and where you're coming from, then you're absolutely lost.

Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.