Self Quotes - Page 289

When I do something, it is all about self-discovery. I want to learn and discover my own limits.

Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. It doesn't demand its own way or speak with moral superiority. Instead, humility answers softly and listens kindly for understanding, not vindication. Humility recognizes that no one can change someone else, but with faith, effort, and the help of God, we can undergo our own mighty change of heart.

Historically, education has been about batch processing: standardize everything against the average, rank kids, sort them to see who gets more and who really doesn't deserve to be there. The problem, even if you're just being selfish from an economic standpoint, is we're not producing the talent we need.

The hunger [to success] is the same, no matter what it is that you're doing. It's like an unquenchable thirst to learn more, or to feel like you could have done more, and to be brutally honest and self critical, which is very hard to do. It's easy, and human nature is to just blame somebody else. It's very, very hard to self assess.

Be true to yourself, and stick with who you are through thick and thin without letting anyone dilute your essence.

GIFTS is an acronym for Gratitude, Intention, Forgiveness, Triumphs, and Self-love. I believe that those are the principles we need to explore in order to discover our true gifts.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what's mine.

One of the strongest signs of being in the zone is a sense of freedom and of authenticity. When we are doing something that we love and are naturally good at, we are much more likely to feel centered in our true sense of self - to be who we feel we truly are. When we are in our Element, we feel we are doing what we are meant to be doing and being who we're meant to be.

I feel like you can be the best role model by being yourself.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

I really would have liked to love, but I didnt trust myself to allow it.

Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference.

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!

There are too many other barriers to success in life to allow a lack of self-confidence to be one of them.

"What is the meaning of life?" This question has no answer except in the history of how it came to be asked. There is no answer because words have meaning, not life or persons or the universe itself. Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe.

You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not. They may crash and burn, or burn and crash. But sometimes, something new is made, and then the world is changed. Together, in that first exaltation, that first roaring sense of uplift, they are greater than their two separate selves. Together, they see further, and they see more clearly.

Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges.

Don't wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.

Loneliness is dangerous ... because if aloneness does not lead to God, it leads to the devil. It leads to the self.

A person's self-concept is the core of his personality.

We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

The good thing about love is nobody can stop you from loving them.