Top 1200 Self Restraint Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Being on stage is about self esteem and self confidence.

Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

What is your Self? Self is nothing but joy. A joyous person is definitely a person who has got his Self expressing through his joy. Such a person is so joy-giving, so humorous, and never degrading anyone.

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

Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed "ecstasy," not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an on-going exodus out of the closed inward-looking self toward its liberation through self-giving... toward authentic self-discovery and indeed the discovery of God.

How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person?

Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

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

Don't clock anybody, let them all clock you, Don't be down with anybody, let them all be down with you. Stay self-managed, self-kept, self-taught, Be your own man; don't be borrowed, don't be bought.

A self-awareness moment. All of a sudden everything he has done comes flashing into his mind, a self-criticism that is unbearable.

Fighting with self!! Why not? If we can live in harmony with self, we also have a full right to fight ourselves as well.

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

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

Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The cyborg is a kind of disassembled and reassembled, postmodern collective and personal self. This is the self feminists must code.

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

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

Sacrifice does not mean that, by giving, we lose something. We sacrifice our limited self to our highest and largest Self, and at that time we immediately become the largest and the highest Self.

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

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

Social media, despite its reputation as the ultimate agent of self-promotion, actually feeds on self-loathing.

Supreme Court nominees should know that this exercise of judicial restraint is the key ingredient of being good judge, as the Constitution constrains judges every bit as much as it constrains we legislators, executives and citizens in their actions.

When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the people with no limit or restraint on what the government can take, then the government has become the master.

Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.

Nothing destroys self-worth, self-acceptance and self-love faster than denying what you feel. Without feelings, you would not know where you are in life. Nor would you know what areas you need to work on. Honor your feelings. Allow yourself to feel them.

Friendship is strengthened by...that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion.

Ignorance is the failure to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent, the pure and the impure, bliss and suffering, the Self and the non-Self.

When the collective mentality of any organization is self and self-preservation first, it's a sure sign of pending doom.

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

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

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

Self appointed expectations lead to self induced frustrations.

Courage, I now see, is a journey involving self-doubt and self-examination, with the end never in sight.

Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence.

There is a direct relationship between self-discipline and self-esteem.

God, is this all it is, the ricocheting down the corridor of laughter and tears? Of self-worship and self-loathing? Of glory and disgust?

Don't let a grade decide your self-worth. Personally, in my opinion, someone should gauge their self-worth on what they've accomplished that makes them feel good... not in the hedonist aspect, but in the sense of personal accomplishment, as far as what they've accomplished for them, as far as their self-development and creativity is concerned.

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

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

A crucified Savior will never be content to have a self-pleasing, self-indulging, worldly-minded people.

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

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

You are wonderful. Valuable. Worthwhile. Lovable. Not because others think so. Self worth comes from only one place: self.

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

For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great.