Top 1200 Self Justification Quotes & Sayings - Page 10

A crucified Savior is not well served by self-pleasing, self-indulging people.

In justification the word to be addressed to man is believe - only believe; in sanctification the word must be 'watch, pray, and fight.'

The underbelly of the human psyche, what is often referred to as our dark side, is the origin of every act of self-sabotage. Birthed out of shame, fear, and denial, it misdirects our good intentions and drives us to unthinkable acts of self-destruction and not-so-unbelievable acts of self-sabotage.

The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.

The self is not so much linked to its ancestors, it is not so much the product, and merely the product, of all that, but rather, in the strictest sense of the word, the same thing as all that: the strict, direct continuation of it, just as the self aged fifty is the continuation of the self aged forty.

It matters, it matters very much, what each of us chooses to do. The journey toward self-discovery and self-knowledge is not only life's highest adventure, but also the only way to transform society from one based on self-centeredness and compulsory compassion to one based on service and mutual responsibility.

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

I will not be alone if I am my true self. Only by trading my true self for the companionship of another have I ever made myself alone. Because when I gave up my real self, I wound up resenting my "significant other" for "making me" do that-and it was this resentment that ate away at our relationship.

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

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

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

Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.

I have a combination of self-love and self-loathing, just like most people.

Something having been done just about everywhere just about always is no kind of justification for doing it now.

Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.

Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

You marry at the level of your self-esteem, make sure you have self worth.

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

In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new; they see their value and their justification in this newness. They are deceiving themselves; novelty is seldom the essential. This has to do with one thing only; making a subject better from its intrinsic nature.

It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.

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

This is true only because the purposes and objectives of the Committee for Industrial Organization find economic, social, political and moral justification in the hearts of the millions who are its members and the millions more who support it.

Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended to stand in place of ethics, denying all moral context.

It was very difficult to go farther than that in the arguments with my father because he would always have a story or a justification to tell you, which I never considered valid because there is not an excuse for violence.

All beings exist in an invisible state and then come to a state of visibility. Change occurs only on the surface, for the self-existent glory remains unchanged; changing form does not affect the self-existent Reality. Atman, Soul or the Self, dwells in all that is perishable, yet it remains imperishable.

No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for it; but above all he must abstain from taking the property of others, for men forget more easily the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony.

Look, I would say that anyone who does this work and doesn't have a strain of idealism is an adrenaline junkie or completely narcissistic. There is no other justification. You're risking your life, and if anything happens, it's our families who suffer tremendously.

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

It is impossible to call yourself a Christian and defend homosexuality. There is no justification or acceptance of homosexuality... Homosexuality means the death of society because homosexuals can recruit, but they cannot reproduce.

The only justification for our concepts and systems of concepts is that they serve to represent the complex of our experiences; beyond this they have not legitimacy.

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

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

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

Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.

It is about that self-belief, that self-drive, that has got me to where I am now.

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

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

The self doubt can be a fantastic opportunity to self-reflect and see where you can grow and be stronger.

She obeys me, but only because she wants to. It's the only justification for obedience, Ged observed.

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

I think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.

Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in loving kindness and patience or hold resentful malicious thoughts What we do to our fellow man we do to our Maker our karma or problem is within self.

Under the interlocking regimes of neoliberal power, violence appears so arbitrary and thoughtless that it lacks the need for any justification, let alone claims to justice and accountability. It is truly as limitless as it appears banal.

In fact, violence as a symbol of our growing irrationality has had an increasing role in activity for its own sake, when no possible justification could be made that the activity was seeking to resolve a problem.

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

Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

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

Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt. Or just as bad, they think being a better person is all God requires.

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

The tryptamine molecule has this unique property of releasing the structured self into the over-self.

It is possible to create an epidemic of health which is self-organizing and self-propelling.

Freedom is the slogan of the strong, who feel self confident, self sufficient to do it alone.

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.

Man is not merely the sum of his masks. Behind the shifting face of personality is a hard nugget of self, a genetic gift.... The self is malleable but elastic, snapping back to its original shape like a rubber band. Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives its personae.

Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism.

By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words!

There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film, there can be a justification for it.

Pray to yourself, because I'm in your self and you're in My self. We are one Spirit, saith the Lord.