S Quotes
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“Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.”
“Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another.”
“Self-denial is simply a method by which arrests his progress, and self-sacrifice a survival of the mutilation of the savage.”
Source: De Profundis: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings
“Self-denial is the best riches.”
“Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.”
“Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.”
“Self-deport? What the heck does that mean? I have no doubt Hispanics have been alienated during this campaign. But now there's an opportunity for Gov. Romney to have a sincere conversation about what we can do and why. I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that.”
“Self-deprecating or arrogant, it's all selfish. Hard as it is, life's better when you spend more time on the rest of the world”
“Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.”
“Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.”
“Self-destruction would be a brief, almost autoerotic free-fall into a great velvet darkness”
Source: The Cannibal Within
“Self-destructive patterns cause as much suffering as outer catastrophes.”
“Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.”
“Self-determination has to mean that the leader is your individual gut, and heart, and mind or we're talking about power, again, and its rather well-known impurities. Who is really going to care whether you live or die and who is going to know the most intimate motivation for your laughter and your tears is the only person to be trusted to speak for you and to decide what you will or will not do.”
Source: Civil Wars
“Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.”
Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“Self-determination, the autonomy of the individual, asserts itself in the right to race his automobile, to handle his power tools, to buy a gun, to communicate to mass audiences his opinion, no matter how ignorant, how aggressive, it may be.”
Source: An Essay on Liberation
“Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.”
Source: The Woman's Bible
“Self-development is the only thing that keeps a person from burning out. We all have many needs - the need for certainty, the need for variety, the need for significance, and the need for connection. But, ultimately, we must grow, and we must contribute in a meaningful way in order to feel fulfilled.”
“Self-Development Quotes on: Courage, Honesty
Any kind of lasting success is rooted in honesty.”
“Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place.”
“Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.”
“Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.”
“Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.”
“Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.”
“Self-discipline is doing what you know you should do when you don't want to do it.”
“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.”
“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
“Self-discipline is the golden key; without it, you cannot be happy.”
“Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With self-discipline, the average person can rise as far and as fast as his talents and intelligence can take him. But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise above mediocrity.”
“Self-discipline is the No. 1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class and the poor.”
“Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.”
“Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will.”
Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God
“Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.”
Source: Pieces of Eight Pa
“Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating
negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.”
“Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.”
“Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.”
Source: Music is my mistress
“SELF-DISCIPLINE, more than any other personal quality I can think of, is the one thing that separates successful people from the unsuccessful. Think of all it encompasses: honoring commitments, promises and deadlines, keeping your life on schedule, being willing to go the extra mile... Self-discipline is essential to success. The alternative is a life ruled by emotions, and none of us can afford that if we're going to fulfill our purpose and realize our potential.”
“Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.”
“Self-discover is not as someone would have us think, a heavy, awesome, moral process where everyone sits around and frowns. As you progress towards enlightenment, you become funny.”
“Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where you didn't have to think about any of that stuff, but nonetheless that's what's happening in the song.”
“Self-discovery is a process of dissolution and creation. Dissolution means envelopment in eternity. Creation is bringing into focus new awareness”
“Self-discovery is a very advanced art. What we're doing basically is screwing around with what you're made up of. We're taking awarenesses, feelings, ideas and impressions and changing them.”
“Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone.”
Source: The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre
“Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall-that of our consciousness-between the world and ourselves.”
Source: The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre
“Self-discovery is realistic. It's not built on ideas and philosophies. It's what works. Philosophies are nice if you like philosophies. But self-discovery is predicated on something that really brings you into enlightened states of mind.”
“Self-discovery means learning to live free!”
Source: The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within
“Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.”
“Self-doubt creates the impetus for learning but hinders adept use of previously established skills”
“Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential than all external limitations put together.”