Top 1200 True Self Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

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

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

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

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

While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God in the ordinariness of life: not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary, mystical experiences but in our simple presence in life.

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

I think somehow people should be encouraged to think about a very long time horizon and I think this is true for businesses, it's true for governments and it's true for people doing things in the non-profit sector.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imagine a mosaic picture of a house in the country: lots of red and blue and yellow and black and brown and white and a dozen different shades of green tiles which make a beautiful picture if you stand back far enough. All the little red squares are true - true things, true places, true feelings. But the red squares aren't the picture. All the rest of it is lies and stories, often within the same sentence.

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

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

True happiness Is not a mental hallucination. True happiness Is not a complacent feeling. True happiness Is the spontaneous feeling of joy That comes from knowing 132 You are doing the right thing 133 And leading a divine life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It seems like people are all the time making themselves themselves, but they don't really know it. You can only have true vision when you look behind. A person can slide so fast into being something they never really intended. I wonder if you can truly resurrect your own self.

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

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

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

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

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

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice.

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

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

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

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-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.

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

Here, I think, is another clue to finding true self and vocation: we must withdraw the negative projections we make on people and situations - projections that serve mainly to mask our fears about ourselves- and acknowledge and embrace our own liabilities and limits.

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

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

Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British people can appear repressed in expressing emotions. Not very good at self-evaluating, or affirming situations, touching, anything like that.

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

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