Top 1200 Self Reflection Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.

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

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

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