Self Quotes
An individual cannot know what he is till he has made himself real by action.Unknown
If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. Proposal to reform welfare programs.Richard Milhous Nixon
Responsiblity is a unique concept. It can only reside and inhere in a single individual. You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you. You may disclaim it, but you cannot divest yourself of it.Admiral Hyman Rickove
What ought a man to be Well, my short answer is himself.Henrik Ibsen
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself First, what could I do Second, what could I read And third, who could I ask.Jim Rohn
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.Charles De Gaulle
One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.Blaise Pascal
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.Robert Burton
The self is not something ready - Made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.John Dewey
A friend is somebody you want to be around when you feel like being by yourself.Barbara Burrow
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.Frederick Douglas
Live each season as it passes breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.Henry David Thoreau
When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.Isaac Bashevis Singe
If heaven is going to be full of people like Hardie, well, the Almighty can have them to himself.Sir Winston Churchill
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of Mankind is Man.Alexander Pope
We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always, everywhere - Your ideal of what you long to attain - The ideal of health, efficiency, success.Orison Swett Marden
He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.John Milton
Whatever is in any way beautiful hath its source of beauty in itself, and is complete in itself praise forms no part of it. So it is none the worse nor the better for being praised.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man.... such a man is a true gentleman.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.W. S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage
The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking - Glass.Boileau
The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.C. S. Lewis
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.W. Somerset Maugham
A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.George Bernard Shaw
One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one allows himself to be tamed.Antoine de Saint - Exupery, The Little Prince
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - Bread and circuses!Juvenal, Satires
Fear is nothing except a drain of energy and Not a power unto itself. Trust in yourself, For therein lies the true power.Unknown
Fortunately psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.Karen Horney
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - That is myself.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, "Meditations", book 2.
There is an atmosphere of well - Sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it.Albert Einstein
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self - Centered. Love them anyway.Mother Theresa
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.Kahlil Gibran
He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream.Latin
He had a heart that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
Above all things, reverence yourself.Pythagoras
