Self Quotes - Page 405

Although birds coexist with us on this eroded planet, they live independently of us with a self-sufficiency that is almost a rebuke. In the world of birds a symposium on the purpose of life would be inconceivable. They do not need it. We are not that self-reliant. We are the ones who have lost our way.

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.

I have to live with both my selves as best I may.

Proper business planning demands that you focus on the self-interest of the customer at all times.

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

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

Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

A feeling of continuous growth is a wonderful source of motivation and self confidence.

When all is said and done, the unselfish acts of what we have done without asking for anything in return, will have said it all.

For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair - for some, self-destruction. Time alone with God reveals the unfathomable depths of the poverty of the spirit. We are so poor that even our poverty is not our own: It belongs to the mysterium tremendum of a loving God.

Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.

Our competition in life is solely with our old self.

Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.

The women's movement resurgence of standing up for so many things that were kind of sleepy there for a decade or so, there's been a reawakening and I think the consciousness movement in general is dovetailing with a lot of recovery and self-empowerment.

Self-confidence is a must for a fulfilled life. If you have a divine self-confidence, you know how fortunate you are. Study yourself, you have awareness and infinite power within you. choose to build an image in your marvelous mind of what you want to do. Happiness, health and prosperity will be your rewards.

If ever asked to look at yourself, don't.

DESTINY is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you're about WILL COME TRUE. It's a kind of a thing you kind of have to keep to your own self, because it's a fragile feeling, and you put it out there, then someone will kill it. It's best to keep that all inside.

The single largest frustration in the massage field is the waste of resources and training resulting from high attrition among those who start practicing massage therapy. While some affected individuals may have made an ill-suited vocational choice and others underestimated the profession's physical demands, most appear to stumble in assembling the self-confidence and persistent salesmanship necessary to develop a professional practice

So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they're already met?

It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball's wounds are self-inflicted.

The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.

Journalism is the closest thing I have to a religion, because I believe deeply in the role and responsibility the journalists have to the people of a self-governing community.