Top 1200 Understanding Yourself Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now.

You stand up to that challenging shot, you put yourself into that shot, and you pour yourself into it confidently. Stand up and commit yourself completely. If you miss it, you miss it certainly. You've done everything you can.

Sometimes you divorce a part of yourself to save yourself emotionally.

Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.

It is by discourse that men associate, and words are imposed according to the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obsesses the understanding. Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves, by any means set the matter right. But words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and lead men away into innumerable and inane controversies and fancies.

You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.

When you start photographing yourself, you are going to be amazed at all the things you find out about yourself, and you'll be glad you did.

The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.

Don't compare yourself with someone else's version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories.

Only be with somebody if they make you feel like the best version of yourself. You can't sacrifice yourself for anybody, you know?

Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.

Just give yourself permission to tell the truth to yourself.

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

I am the excuse to explore your identity. To be exactly who you are and to feel unafraid. To not judge yourself, to not hate yourself.

Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.

Living by yourself, technically by yourself, at the age of 16 is not easy to do.

The biggest problem for me is that if you are in the race you can't develop yourself to try and educate yourself and this is what I loved in my break from football.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Don't be so hard on yourself, don't put pressure on yourself, life is just a chain of experiments and results, and you'll be perfect when you're dead.

Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.

I was saying earlier that it's really strange - you can almost step outside yourself and observe yourself running, and that's what I was doing.

Don't forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally.

Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.

Don’t compare yourself to others. That’s when you start to lose confidence in yourself.

Girl, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself!

When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension

The painter must be solitary. For if you are alone you are completely yourself, but if you are accompanied by a single companion, you are only half yourself.

Giving yourself threads doesn't mean you don't believe in yourself in my opinion.

Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!

I think if you allow yourself to mope and feel sorry for yourself, it can take years off your life.

A look filled with understanding, an accepting smile, a loving word, a meal shared in warmth and awareness are the things which create happiness in the present moment. By nourishing awareness in the present moment, you can avoid causing suffering to yourself and those around you. The way you look at others, your smile, and your small acts of caring can create happiness. True happiness does not depend on wealth or fame.

Give yourself permission to enjoy being gay. You do have to give yourself permission. You have been told you may not. Give yourself permission to be free.

I think you never want to limit yourself to one style of anything. Why put those limitations on yourself?

Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way

When you pray either aloud or to yourself for others ? for instance, for the members of your household or for strangers, even though they may not have asked you to do so ? pray for them with the same ardor and zeal as you would pray for yourself. Remember the commandment of the law: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself' (Lev. 19:18). Observe this rule upon all occasions.

To live is to find out for yourself what is true, and you can do this only when there is freedom, when there is continuous revolution inwardly, within yourself.

When you have given yourself to Christ, leave yourself there, and go about your work as a child in His household.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.

When you have children, you start to play with them and you mirror yourself. You see your parents in yourself. It's all about mirroring.

I think comedy I've learned is really just about relaxing and trusting yourself and allowing yourself to fail.

If you're with someone you don't exactly trust then you have to watch yourself and that's the hardest thing for an actor not to do, and not listen to yourself as you're talking.

If you keep a healthy state of mind, you give yourself a great chance to bring out the best in yourself.

I think it's when you take care of yourself, you love yourself that you truly bloom and look your most beautiful.

It's okay to let yourself go, just as long as you let yourself back.

Anything you throw yourself into, you better get yourself out of.

Wake-up! Think for yourself, be yourself and return to what is real.

Your only identity is I AM undefined and infinite. Any label you give yourself limits yourself.

You got a lot but you just waste all yourself. They'll forget your name soon and won't nobody be to blame but yourself.

As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song.

Always respect yourself and don't go out there disrespecting yourself.

How strange to have the power to literally transform yourself into other people, and yet be so unable to put yourself in their place.

Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.

I think that it's a benefit to have distractions because you don't overconsume yourself with what-ifs and you end up second-guessing yourself.

We're not gods, Julia. We're helpers. That's all. People have called us terrible things in the past. But that was only because they didn't understand us. That understanding is for the future, a time not long from now. You may live to see it. Then perhaps you can work openly, but for now, keep your gifts to yourself. Never flaunt your abilities. Never think you hold the power of life and death. Only God has that power. When it's a person's time, nothing can save them.

When you get a role, you completely lose yourself in it. That's one of the great things about acting - letting yourself go.

You go against yourself when you judge or blame yourself for anything

You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

Storytelling is very important. It is through context and relations that we understand the importance of human dignity. The concept means nothing as an abstraction. It's important for us to understand why people do the things they do, including the monsters - the suicide bomber and the war criminal. Understanding is not acceptance. Understanding is exploring the human psyche. If we want to put an end to violence, we need to have the sort of conversation I had with the teenage suicide bomber.

It's all about believing in yourself and knowing your worth and being optimistic and really just loving yourself for who you are.