Best foundation & self Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Self-confidence is inseparable from submission to the creedal order, and through that order, to the supreme authority expressed in that order. ... Deep individualism cannot exist except in relation to the highest authority. No inner discipline can operate without a charismatic institution, nor can such an institution survive without that supreme authority from a relation to whom self-confidence derives. Without an authority deeply installed, there is no foundation for individuality. Self-confidence thus expresses submission to supreme authority.”

Self Order Discipline Authority Highest Relation Institutions Foundation Individuality Self Confidence Supreme Individualism Submission Inseparable Charismatic

Author:Philip Rieff

“Simpler manners, purer lives; more self-denial; more earnest sympathy with the classes that lie below us, nothing short of that can lay the foundations of the Christianity which is to be hereafter, deep and broad.”

Self Lying Christianity Class Foundation Lays Simplicity Manners Denial Broads Earnest Hereafter Self-denial

Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton

Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton

“The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious and political, were largely in the process of dissolution, but we did not realise the fact, and therefore did not look for new foundations.”

World Looks Self Facts Political Process Religious Behinds Foundation Disaster Satisfied Realising Arrogant Creeds Uneasy Dissolution

Author:John Buchan

“Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable.”

Ifs Kind Self Opinion Creative Type Depends Periods Majors Bases Absolutes Foundation Species Folks Tone Working It Twelve Minors Evident Peasants Unthinkable Creative Work Folk Music

Author:Bela Bartok

“The modern state appeals to morality, to religion, and to natural law as the ideological foundation of its existence. At the same time it is prepared to infringe any or all of these in the interest of self-preservation.”

Self States Law Interest Natural Existence Modern Morality Foundation Prepared Appeals Preservation Ideological Natural Law Self Preservation

Book:Diary of a Bad Year

Source: Diary of a Bad Year

“Apologys for self-evident Truths can never have any effect on those who have so little Sense as to deny them. They are the Foundation of all Reasoning, and the only just Bottom on which Men can proceed in convincing one another of the Truth: and by consequence whoever is capable of denying them, is not in a condition to be informed.”

Men Littles Self Atheism Conditions Effects Capable Consequence Foundation Bottom Deny Positive Atheism Reasoning Evident Convincing

Author:Anthony Collins

“You are a child of the universe, "fearfully and wonderfully made." In the history of creation, there has never been anyone like you. Accept this reality about yourself- that you are a special, unique human being who has a place on this earth that no one else can fill. Acknowledge yourself as a glorious expression of your loving Creator. This healthy self-love will form the foundation of a joyful and satisfying life. Then, as you love and accept yourself, your inner light will shine outward to bless and heal your fellow human beings.”

“I believe the process of going from confusion to understanding is a precious, even emotional, experience that can be the foundation of self-confidence.”

Believe Self I Believe Process Understanding Emotional Foundation Self Confidence Confusion

Author:Brian Greene

“Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our hopes for a new politics, a new society, a revitalized life. If we do not genuinely know ourselves, the void will now, at last, surely rise up to meet us.”

Ifs Knows Heart Self Lasts Awareness Self Awareness Foundation Void

Book:Essays in feminism

Source: Essays in feminism

“I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to try to make sense of it all. Anni Daulter has created what should be the new standard for today's mom: birth journals, labor workbooks, pregnancy memoirs, and holistic wisdom. It is gentle and enlightening, and lays the foundation for what we know helps women have the labor and birth they want and deserve: support, self-knowledge, and empowerment.”

“Each of us must learn to work not just for one self, one's own family or one's nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.”

World Humans Self Nations Responsibility Keys Benefits Survival Universal Foundation Humankind

Author:Dalai Lama

“Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.”

Men May Self Influence Foundation Brave Coward Be Brave

Book:The American Crisis

Source: The American Crisis

“Governments may change, and opinions, and the very appearance of lands themselves, but the slowest thing to change is religion. What has once been associated with worship becomes holy in itself, and self-perpetuating, always built upon the foundation of mingled awe and attraction which the unknown has for the mind of man.”

Men Mind May Self Government Religion Opinion Land Holy Worship Built Foundation Appearance Attraction Awe Perpetuating

Book:Personal geography: almost an autobiography

Source: Personal geography: almost an autobiography

“Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.”

Children Long Real Self Deals Childhood Self Esteem Optimism Foundation Esteem Persistence Lasting Mastery Maintaining Setback Long Road

Author:Lilian Katz

“You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.”

Self Principles Victory Discipline Roots Foundation Fruit Mastery Self Discipline Self Mastery Good Relationship Relationships With Others Sequencing

Author:Stephen Covey

“In a world suffering from mental stress, yoga promises calm. In a distracted world, yoga creates focus, creates concentration. In a world of fear, yoga promises strength and courage. A healthy body and a disciplined mind are the foundations of a world free from fear. In crafting a new self through Yoga, we create a new world.”

World Mind Self Body Suffering Focus Promise Healthy Yoga India Stress Foundation Calm Concentration New World Distracted Healthy Body World Suffering New Self

Author:Narendra Modi

“Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.”

Men Self Action Religion Holy Aim Foundation Improvement Pursuit Obedience Purity Holiness Temper Benevolence Obedience To God

Author:Jonathan Edwards

“If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity.”

“You are your own forerunner, and the towers you have builded are but the foundation of your giant-self. And that self too shall be a foundation.”

Self Foundation Giants Towers Forerunners

Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

“We act, we behave, and we feel the vibration that we're in at the present time according to what we consider our self image to be. And we do not deviate from that pattern. The image you hold of yourself is a premise, a foundation (idea) on which your entire personality is built. This image, not only controls your behavior but your circumstances as well.”

Feels Wells Ideas Self Personality Circumstances Behavior Built Foundation Patterns Behave Vibrations Premises Present Time Deviate

Author:Maxwell Maltz

“What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.”

Men World Way Self Earth Joy Culture Given Heaven Grows Sadness Degrees Harmony Foundation Tao Inner Self Heaven And Earth Orderly

Author:Confucius

“I am quite surprised and rather disappointed by the loneliness, isolation and indeed demonisation the sadly misunderstood CO2 is experiencing. Thus, upon leaving the parliament, I am contemplating the foundation of an organisation called 'The Friends of Carbon Dioxide'. Membership will of course be open to all, including the plants whose very existence depends on CO2. I think this organisation's slogan, 'CO2 is not pollution', self-selects. It has both accuracy and melody to commend it.”

“Parents who engage in this kind of [conscious] parenting understand the power of being present being mindful to take the time to build connection understanding that this foundation is the bedrock of all later self-worth, self-esteem and self-actualization.”

Kind Self Parent Understanding Self Esteem Conscious Connections Foundation Self Worth Esteem Self Actualization Bedrock Actualization

Author:Shefali Tsabary

“The support of one's personality is friends. A part of one's self and a real foundation and existence.”

Real Self Existence Support Personality Foundation

Book:The Journals and Letters of the Little Locksmith

Source: The Journals and Letters of the Little Locksmith

“First comes Self-confidence, that is the foundation. Then comes Self-satisfaction, it is like the wall. Next comes self-sacrifice, it is like the roof. Finally the house is complete and the Indweller is installed inside; that is Self-realization. It starts with Self-confidence and it ends with realizing the Self.”

Firsts Ends Self Next House Realizing Sacrifice Wall Foundation Self Confidence Roof Self Sacrifice Factions

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“I tell students that even if they don't like math right now, they can use math as a brain-sharpening tool - a tool that not only builds the foundation for a great career, but that also builds self-confidence, no matter what they choose to do with their lives.”

Ifs Self Matter Use Brain Careers Students Right Now Tools No Matter What Foundation Math Self Confidence Sharpening Building Self Confidence

Author:Danica McKellar

“The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.”

Self Purpose Values Culture Responsibility Greater Dignity Foundation Devotion Merit American Culture Personal Responsibility Eminence Value Of Education Dignity Of Work

Author:Mitt Romney

“Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.”

Self Matter Effort Blame Foundation Complaining Pity Discontent Self Pity Always Complaining Good Future No Complaining

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.”

Self Age Sacrifice Hero Destruction Foundation Myth Heroic Indulgence Self Sacrifice Self Destruction Self Indulgence

Book:The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd

Source: The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd

“But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny. Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence. Hence to demythologize is to interpret myth, that is, to relate the objective representations of the myth to the self-understanding which is both shown and concealed in it.”

Men World Self Understanding Term Existence Destiny Limits Relation Foundation Myth Objectives Relate Explanation Representation Concealed Other Worlds Self Understanding

Book:The Conflict of Interpretations

Source: The Conflict of Interpretations

“The highest, most decisive experience is to be alone with one's own self. You must be alone to find out what supports you, when you find that you can not support yourself. Only this experience can give you an indestructible foundation.”

Giving Self Support Heartbreak Highest Foundation Betrayal Can Not Abandonment Support You Indestructible

Author:Carl Jung

“self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.”

Self Virtue Foundation Primaries Preservation Self Preservation

Author:Baruch Spinoza

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

Self Self Esteem Discipline Foundation Excellence Self Confidence Esteem Lasting Mastery Self Discipline

Book:The Gift of Self-Confidence

Source: The Gift of Self-Confidence

“Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.”

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life

“The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by the Christian people. But the minute you turn the document into the hands of non-Christian people and atheistic people they can use it to destroy the very foundation of our society. And that's what's been happening.”

“A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.”

Self Conditions Honesty Sorrow Conscience Shame Foundation Guilt Invites Immense Anguish Condemnation Tranquil

Author:Richard G. Scott

“Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being with the opportunity to have the unconditional love we may have always longed to receive from someone else.”

Love Giving May Self Opportunity Love Is Effort Practice Failing Love You Self Love Foundation Unconditional Love Love Yourself Unconditional I Love Myself Love My Self Loving Myself

Author:Bell Hooks

“I think self-knowledge is a key to happiness.We can build happy lives only on the foundation of our own natures, our own values, and our own interests.”

Thinking Self Values Interest Keys Foundation Happy Life Self Knowledge Key To Happiness

Author:Gretchen Rubin

“What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been dedicated by long practice to that wise and beneficent policy. It is the foundation principle of our system of liberty. It makes the largest promise to the freedom and development of the individual. Its preservation is worth all the effort and all the sacrifice that it may cost.”

“You create a good future by creating a good present. How do you do that? By recognizing the goodness that is already inherent in the present moment, even in the midst of challenges. Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.”

Inspirational Self Matter Moments Challenges Effort Goodness Creating Blame Foundation Complaining Karma Pity Midst Present Moment Inherent Recognizing Discontent Self Pity Good Future

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“The biggest adversary in our life is ourselves. We are what we are, in a sense, because of the dominating thoughts we allow to gather in our head. All concepts of self-improvement, all actions and paths we take, relate solely to our abstract image of ourselves. Life is limited only by how we really see ourselves and feel about our being. A great deal of pure self-knowledge and inner understanding allows us to lay an all-important foundation for the structure of our life from which we can perceive and take the right avenues.”

“I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must all learn to work not just for our own self, family, or nation but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace, the equitable use of natural resources, and through concern for future generations, the proper care of the environment.”

“Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.”

Wells Littles Self Importance Foundation Indifference Contentment Little Things Moderation Acquaintance Zeal Prudent True Knowledge

Author:Plato

“Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.”

Self Discipline Foundation Mastery Self Discipline Self Mastery Good Relationship Relationships With Others

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition

“The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control.”

Self Matter Care Remember Three Enemy Awareness Skills Criticism Stress Self Awareness Foundation Temptation Self Control What Matters Self Care Willpower Self Criticism

Author:Kelly McGonigal

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