“Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure.” GivingSelfHardEyeFacesQualityHairShapesClothesSizeOneselfTreasureLengthYour Face Author:Phylicia Rashad
“What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of others.” HardEnoughCareLastsEnergyEasyHard WorkStressOneselfWorking ItWraps Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.” HardSpiritHabitOneselfMidstCheerfulCheerfulnessHardnessHard Truths Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
“I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism, of considerable interest to me, but I do not know why I should presume it will be so to you. Egotism is not tiresome, or it ought not to be, if one is sincere about oneself; but it is so hard to be sincere. Well, never mind, I mean to be, and you know me well enough to see through me when I am humbugging.” IfsKnowsShouldWritingMindWellsMeanHardEnoughFactsInterestMy OwnPoorOpinionAdventureTheoryOughtOneselfSincereSentimentsIndividualismKnow MeEgotismBarrenTiresome Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“In the concert of nature it is hard to keep in tune with oneself if one is out of tune with everything else” IfsHardOneselfTunesConcerts Author:George Santayana
“It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.” MenBelieveHardRealityDesireInterestDoubtOneselfDetermineJudgementAdmittingHopes And Fears Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau