Top 1200 Self Justification Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.

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

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.

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

Self-publishing in comics is core to the whole artform. There is no scarlet letter in comics as there still is, to some degree, in prose. As no publisher for a long time would publish serious work in comics, the only way a lot of it came out was because of self-publishing. Many of the greatest works of the medium are self-published.

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

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

Two separate beings, in different circumstances, face to face in freedom and seeking justification of their existence through one another, will always live an adventure full of risk and promise." (p. 248)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Faith and repentance are as much benefits of the covenant of grace as justification . . . . faith and repentance themselves . . . . are components of the gospel, not the workings or fruits of the law.

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

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

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.

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

A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal.

Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.

The denunciation of suffering by photography has replaced the religious justification of suffering in painting. Denunciation is a function of photojournalism, and in itself that's a step in the right direction.

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

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.

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

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

A villain can be stylish, and his actions don't have to be explained. Heroes are boring in comparison, even anti-heroes, as there's always a justification for their bad actions.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

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