Top 1200 Self-Education Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

Oppression has no logic--just a self-fulfilling prophecy, justified by a self-perpetuating system.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Suppose you have a parallel self who has made different choices, who is following a different event track since you made certain choices in your life. Maybe you can reach to that self and borrow gifts and lessons from that self and maybe even help them on their road.

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

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

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

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

Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future work, hence men should be educated with special reference to the work.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

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

A man does not have to go and find where his eyes are in order to see. The heart is there, always open to you, if you care to enter it, always supporting your movements, although you may be unaware of it. It is perhaps more correct to say that the Self is the Heart. Really the Self is the centre and is everywhere aware of itself as the Heart or Self-awareness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My American undergraduate education probably gave me a better idea of the fundamentals of what European civilization is about, better than the undergraduate education you get at most European universities.

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

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

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

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

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

Unions say, 'Education of the children is too important to be left to the vagaries of the market.' The opposite is true. Education is too important to be left to the calcified union/government monopoly.

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

Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.

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

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

The bible does not say that a man's education makes room for him, but that his gifts does. Education is not the key to success, it doesn,t guarantee anything; it is your gift that is the key to success

Self-indulgence takes many forms. A man may be self-indulgent in speech, in touch, in sight. From self-indulgence a man comes to idle speech and worldly talk, to buffoonery and cracking indecent jokes. There is self-indulgence in touching without necessity, making mocking signs with the hands, pushing for a place, snatching up something for oneself, approaching someone else shamelessly. All these things come from not having the fear of God in the soul and from these a man comes little by little to perfect contempt.

The two greatest enemies of the individual in the modern world are communism and psychiatry. Each wages a relentless war against that which makes a person an individual: communism against the ownership of property, psychiatry against the ownership of the self (mind and body). Communists criminalize the autonomous use of capital and labor, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in the black market, especially in foreign currencies. Psychiatrists criminalize the autonomous use of the self, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in self-abuse, especially in self-medication and self-destruction.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now, a good education is about so much more than just learning geometry or memorizing dates in history. All of that is important, but an education is also about exploring new things -- discovering what makes you come alive, and then being your best at whatever you choose

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

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

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.

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