Best Self Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.”

I Can Self School Self Esteem Lows Esteem Charm Low Self Esteem Narrators

Author:Elinor Lipman

“I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.”

Self Actors Stuff My Own Conscious Performances Self Conscious

Author:Matthew Lewis

“I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.”

Needs Self Opinion Self Deprecating Self Deprecation Self Deprecating Humor Self Opinion

Author:Adam Levine

“By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression.”

Source: Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics

“I do not see any beauty in self-restraint.”

Self Restraint Self Restraint

Book:I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated

Source: I Await the Devil's Coming: Annotated & Unexpurgated

“I didn't think I could be my imperfect self. I pretended I was Marcia, so I was always playing this role. I became her, but yet I wasn't. It's strange.”

Thinking Self Roles Strange Imperfect

Author:Maureen McCormick

“Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.”

People World Self Becoming Academic

Author:Michael McKean

“How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.”

Humans Art Self Evil Answers Existence Art Is Claims Bounds Backgrounds Secular Human Existence

Author:Yann Martel

“My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.”

Thinking Knows Years Ideas Self Home Force Sacrifice Air Dad Direct My Dad Crew Self Sacrifice Air Force Indirect

Author:Jeremy Northam

“Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.”

Self Race Wise Army Expenses Robots

Book:The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver

Source: The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver

“I had low self-esteem.”

Self Self Esteem Lows Esteem Low Self Esteem

Author:Jennifer O'Neill

“I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.”

Years Self Destructive Self Destructive

Author:Karen O

“I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life. I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem.”

Heart Self Self Esteem My Heart Presses Ugly Fats Esteem Broke Territory Judged Ruined Broke My Heart Being Judged

Author:Kelly Osbourne

“I'd probably say to my younger self, get yourself a whole collection of lawyers. Which is what I have now.”

Self Whole Lawyer Collections Younger Self

Author:Mike Oldfield

“It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through.”

People Self Belief Acting Careers Stage Example Goes On Affirmation Belief In Self Enticing

Author:Miranda Otto

“For many years, I struggled with how I felt about myself. I hid and harbored very self-destructive eating issues, namely anorexia, which at its worst caused me to lose half of my hair and brought my weight down dramatically.”

Years Self Felt Loses Half Issues Worst Hair Eating Weight Destructive Anorexia Self Destructive

Author:Renee Olstead

“I have done a few roles that I've never watched, and if I happen to be flicking through channels and one pops up, I quickly move on. It's hard enough to sustain some self confidence without being reminded of things we'd rather not revisit but, in the end, it comes with the territory.”

Ifs Ends Self Hard Done Enough Happens Moving Roles Pops Self Confidence Territory

Author:Terry O'Quinn

“I just don't want to be self-obsessed.”

Want Self Obsessed Self Obsessed

Author:Ellen Pompeo

“Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt.”

“Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now I realize I was writing for others, so that they'd applaud me, see my genius, tell me how wonderful I am, or be jealous of my success.”

Writing Self Realizing Novel Wonderful Genius Decades Jealous Self Absorbed Being Jealous

Author:Louise Penny

“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.”

“Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, "getting in touch with your sexuality," "raising your self-esteem," "relaxation therapy," and "being a recovered bulimic."”

Self Self Esteem Pride Corruption Sexuality Lust Esteem These Days Therapy Relaxation Sloth Gluttony

Book:The CEO of the Sofa

Source: The CEO of the Sofa

“Wouldn't have no knowledge of wealth, without no knowledge of self.”

Self Wealth Education Self Knowledge Self Education

Author:Nelly

“The higher nature in man always seeks for something which transcends itself and yet is its deepest truth; which claims all its sacrifice, yet makes this sacrifice its own recompense. This is man's dharma, man's religion, and man's self is the vessel.”

Men Self Religion Sacrifice Higher Claims Vessel Dharma Recompense

Book:Sadhana

Source: Sadhana

“Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude toward the Infinite Being must also in its expression have a variety of individuality ceaseless and unendi.”

Ideas Self Religion Attitude Creation Expression Infinite Mere Individuality Endless Variety Poetry Is Self Expression

Book:Tagore

Source: Tagore

“Guru, God and Self are One”

Self God Guru

Author:Ramana Maharshi

“The one aim of [my] yoga is an inner self-development by which each one who follows it can in time discover the One Self in all and evolve a higher consciousness than the mental, a spiritual and supramental consciousness which will transform and divinize human nature.”

Humans Self Spiritual Spirituality Consciousness Human Nature Development Higher Yoga Aim Evolve Self Development Inner Self Higher Consciousness

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“Man can try to name love, showering upon it all the names at his command, and still he will involve himself in endless self deceptions. If he possesses a grain of wisdom he will lay down his arms and name the unknown by the more unknown - ignotum per ignotius - that is by the name of God.”

Ifs Men Trying Stills Self God Names Arms Lays Endless Command Deception Grain Self Deception

Author:Carl Jung

“When you're connected to a source and to each other through conversation, through making love, through meditation, playing games with your kids, all that stuff, then your self-esteem's going to go up.”

Self God Kids Games Stuff Meditation Self Esteem Source Conversation Connected Esteem Making Love Playing Games

Author:Jack Canfield

“The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.”

People Has Beens Self Jew All Time Elites Self Confident

Author:Charles de Gaulle

“I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.”

Persons Self Abandon Imaginary True Self

Author:Amy Lee

“The day when the scientist, no matter how devoted, may make significant progress alone and without material help is past. This fact is most self-evident in our work.”

May Self Matter Facts Helping Past Progress Materials Scientist Significant Devoted Evident Odds And Ends

Author:Ernest Lawrence

“I believe that the profits will come from the quality of your creative products. Since the beginning, I've always wanted to develop a self-feeding circle of creative productions: the positive financial returns from one show would be used to develop and create a new show, and so on.”

Believe Self Shows Would Be Wanted Used I Believe Quality Creative Products Return Financial Profit Productions Circles Feeding

Author:Guy Laliberte

“After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.”

Years Kind Self Play Lasts Challenges Gone Records Five Self Esteem Instruments Esteem Five Years Disappointed Challenging Myself

Author:Cat Power

“Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government.”

Children Self Government Turns Creative Ultimate Independent Motivated Self Motivated

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.”

People Self Government Desire Nations Interest Pay Attention Conflict Taxes Highest Angry Property Corruption Income Income Tax Incompetent Conflict Of Interest Albany Property Taxes

Author:Carl Paladino

“After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.”

Years Self Realised

Author:Chris Pine

“Gov. Romney said he would veto the Dream Act. Gov. Romney essentially said the 11 million people ought to just go home, they ought to self-deport. President Romney, if he is elected, is not going to fix our immigration system.”

People Ifs Said Self Home Dream President Millions Ought Immigration Romney Veto Dream Act

Author:David Plouffe

“I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to turquoise, but a self assured man could wear any color and he knows that. It's a distinction of confidence.”

Thinking Knows Men May Self Past Color Tradition Distinction Assured Navy Turquoise

Author:Jean Pigozzi

“I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction.”

Self Destruction Self Destruction

Author:Mackenzie Phillips

“I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.”

Self Conscious Disappointed Self Conscious

Author:Mary-Louise Parker

“I'm self-loathing, introverted, and neurotic.”

Self Neurotic Loathing Self Loathing Introverted

Author:Megan Fox

“God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self.”

Self Love You Beats God Love God Loves You

Author:Nicole Ari Parker

“I am a self-taught guitarist. I just try to piece together passages that have some melodic value!”

Trying Self Together Values Pieces Taught Passages Guitarist Self Taught

Author:Sam Palladio

“It would be incredibly presumptuous and self-serving of me to believe that Facebook was the end of history. The only way it could possibly be the end of history is if it becomes some sort of artificial super intelligence that takes over the world.”

Ifs World Way Believe Ends Self Would Be Serving Artificial Self Serving Presumptuous

Author:Sean Parker

“I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.”

Thinking Self Light Energy Laughing Humour Hearted Australian Refreshing Self Deprecating Have A Laugh Self Deprecation Light Hearted Self Deprecating Humor

Author:Teresa Palmer

“I like women who are self-sufficient.”

Self Sufficient Self Sufficient

Author:Ty Pennington

“Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.”

Ifs Self Consequence Paid True Self

Author:Wendell Pierce

“The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.”

People Want Mind Self Play Problem Might Pay Crazy Stage Self Esteem Lows Standing Asking Instruments Esteem Low Self Esteem Drive Me Crazy

Author:Colin Quinn

“I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books.”

Writing Book Self Adventure Reserved Many Friends Self Contained Misanthrope

Author:Ian Rankin

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