Self Quotes - Page 126

The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.

Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

It was the slave's continuing desire for recognition that was the motor which propelled history forward, not the idle complacency and unchanging self-identity of the master

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

How easy it is to be "deep": all you have to do is let yourself sink into your own flaws.

Do not feed your ego and your problems with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a thin ghost of its former self. You will be able to see right through it, to the divine presence that shines in each of us.

Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal and necessary

What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can.

Close your eyes and visualize the person you really want to be, who fits your own concepts of self-respect. If you can see the person clearly in the mirror of you mind, you surely will become that person.

It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the first human being'. We are so self-obsessed with our own history. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.

Documentation is a love letter that you write to your future self.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

The person who loves his life will lose it: it could not be otherwise, for to love one's life is a fundamental denial of God's sovereignty, of God's rights, and a brazen elevation of self to the apogee of one's perception, and therefore an idolatrous focus on self, which is the heart of all sin

The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.

Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses.

Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

Men tend to be selfish.

As Christians learn how self-styled Jews have spent millions of dollars to manufacture the 'Jewish myth' for Christian consumption and that they have done this for economic and political advantage, you will see a tremendous explosion against the Jews. Right thinking Jewish leaders are worried about this, since they see it coming.

You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited.

It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself and be regarded by others as one of the called and elect of God. It is just in proportion as we add to our faith the other Christian graces that we have solid ground on which to rest in the assurance we belong to the family of Christ. It is not those who are governed by self-will, but "as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Rom. 8:14).

If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself, but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will.