Best Self Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings Page 19

“Children of the future, watching empires fall. Madness the cup they drink from, self destruction the toll.”

Children Self Fall Drink Future Destruction Madness Cups Empires Self Destruction Tolls Premonition Self Destruct

“On any Tuesday morning, if asked, a good working scientist will tell you with some self-satisfaction that the affairs of his field are nicely in order, that things are finally looking clear and making sense, and all is well. But come back again on another Tuesday, and the roof may have just fallen in on his life's work.”

Ifs Wells May Self Order Morning Clear Fields Scientist Affair Satisfaction Make Sense Fallen Skepticism Roof Good Work Back Again Tuesday Self-satisfaction Tuesday Morning

Author:Lewis Thomas

“Determine where you are and where you wish to be. Then use all of your self-effort to make that happen, following the guiding principles of all the Buddhas and bohisattvas and seekers of the dharma, of enlightenment.”

Self Use Happens Wish Effort Principles Enlightenment Intention Determine Following Where You Are Seekers Dharma Guiding Principles

Author:Frederick Lenz

“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.”

Thinking Self Process Moral Progress Enlightenment Heavy

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Zen is the way of splitting the self again and again, untilt there is nothing left.”

Way Self Left Again And Again Introduction Splitting

Author:Frederick Lenz

“The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self or that we are anyone in particular.”

Ideas Self Seeing Particular Introduction Sense Of Self

Author:Frederick Lenz

“In the psychic process we are trying to eliminate everyone else from our minds, their effects, their energies, their influences: "To thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day, thou cans't be false to any man."”

Men Trying Mind Self Night Energy Process Seeing Influence Effects Being True Psychics

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Emotions are there to enjoy life; but they are not used in self-reflection because they inhibit a proper reflection. They gunk us up.”

Self Used Enjoy Emotion Seeing Reflection Enjoy Life Self Reflection

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self... so the hell with it... I will continue to be unconcerned about it, which surely has the advantage that I'm left in peace by many a fop who would otherwise come to see me.”

Ifs Self Care Left My Own Hell Advantage Grooming Unconcerned

Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

“Absorbed in this world, you've made it your burden. Rise above this world. There is another vision. All your life you've paid attention to your experiences, but never to your Self. Are you searching for your Soul? Then come out of your prision. Leave the stream and join the river that flows into the Ocean. It will not lead you astray. Let the beauty you seek be what you do.”

World Inspirational Made Soul Self Attention Vision This World Ocean Flow Rivers Paid Burden Made It Your Soul Streams Rise Above

Author:Rumi

“Part of the power of Emerson's individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that individualism does not mean isolation or self-sufficiency. This is not a paradox, for it is only the strong individual who can frankly concede the sometimes surprising extent of his own dependence.”

“Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean that one should say, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! That is foolish and self-destructive. . . . But don't sit back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes.”

Inspirational Should Mean Doe Made Self Moments Motivational Waiting Perfect Taken Failing Risk Speed Foolish Preparation Damn Destructive Self Destructive Perfect Moments Torpedoes

Author:David Viscott

“A truly wise person will constantly move forward, striving for self-improvement, knowing that daily repentance is needed for progress. He will realize the good life is simply conforming to a standard of right and justice. The joys of happiness can only be realized by living lofty principles.”

“With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains”

Self Problem Clear Focus Discipline Training Gains Overcoming Unexpected Mma Self Discipline

Author:Georges St-Pierre

“When you get in taekwondo, it teaches you the life skills of respect, self control, discipline-that's why I love it. I really attribute those skills to really getting over my dad's death. If I didn't have that, I would have lost it.”

Ifs Self Lost Teach Dad Discipline Skills My Dad Mma Attributes Self Control Life Skills Taekwondo

Author:Anthony Pettis

“When your purpose and your occupation is giving confidence to people, teaching self defense, giving empowerment, teaching a positive lifestyle to other people, you tend to emit that yourself because you want to live what you preach and you want to preach what you live, and I'm just trying to do my best.”

People Want Giving Trying Self Purpose Teaching Empowerment Defense Lifestyle Mma Occupation Self Defense

Author:Rener Gracie

“America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.”

People Has Beens Self America Certain Freedom Moral Greatness Commitment Destructive Self Destructive

Author:John W. Gardner

“Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression.”

Self Honest Expression Mma Self Expression Self Actualization Actualization

Author:Bruce Lee

“The crews that are going to be self-produced are going to make the great albums, as opposed to making these mix-tapes, these compilations - "Me over this guy" It sounds good individually, but the art of the record is something that is lost. It gets to the point where it's just vocalists and producers coming in and piecing things together.”

Art Self Together Guy Lost Sound Records Albums Producers Tape Crew This Guy Vocalist Compilation

Author:El-P

“For me, clothes mean self-expression. You need to have an audience and connect with people. Fashion is shared. It connects people. And we share an experience beyond the clothes.”

People Needs Mean Self Audience Share Fashion Expression Clothes Self Expression

Author:Anna Dello Russo

“If you're familiar enough with my body of work, my voice is a familiar totem, in a sense. I guess I have something characteristic in the way that I sing, although I'm not very personally self-conscious about it, so I don't think about it that much. But when I hear the record I can tell it's me.”

Ifs Thinking Way I Can Self Enough Body Voice Records Conscious Familiar Characteristics Self Conscious Totems

Author:Todd Rundgren

“It's never the same relationship. I see my job as filling in the blanks. Whatever it is that the artist lacks in the process of making a record, I'm supposed to fill that in. And sometimes it's a lot of stuff and I have to hector them about working on the material and that sort of thing. Sometimes you have an artist that's really fairly self-sufficient; they just need another ear to offer some objective criticism, but otherwise pretty much know what they're doing. It varies a lot.”

Knows Needs Self Sometimes Jobs Artist Stuff Process Records Materials Offers Criticism Ears Objectives Sufficient Filling Vary Self Sufficient Hector Filling In

Author:Todd Rundgren

“People got a little too self-conscious about the techniques that go into recording because sometimes, if you sing too well in tune, people accuse you of auto-tuning. It's like you have to use auto-detuning or something.”

People Ifs Wells Littles Self Sometimes Use Like You Conscious Technique Tunes Self Conscious Tuning

Author:Todd Rundgren

“In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves.”

“Part of why I was attracted to the idea of owning a gun was self-defense, and part of it was that I've been fascinated by guns since I was a little kid, and I want to play with them. It seems like a lot of fun.”

Want Littles Ideas Self Play Seems Kids Fun Gun Defense Fascinated Little Kid Self Defense

Author:Jonathan Gottschall

“I think it's very easy to get self-conscious and stuck when you're doing everything on your own.”

Thinking Self Easy Conscious Stuck Self Conscious Easy To Get

Author:Tove Styrke

“When it came to hip-hop... I don't know. Maybe I was insecure. You know, this is the early '90s. If you were a white guy, and you were rapping, that wasn't as accepted yet. I was scared of the quiet Northeast suburbs, so I couldn't embrace my full rapper self.”

Ifs Knows Self Guy White Quiet Embrace Scared Hip Hop Rap Accepted Hips Hops Rapper Insecure Suburbs White Guys

Author:Charlie Day

“I didn't want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.”

Want Self Fun Fire Seasons Intention Eight Rescue Whittling Build A Fire

Author:Bear Grylls

“My combined experiences, doing different films, has made me very concerned about and interested in how you protect your creative self when the work, by default, is going to be judged by people.”

People Made Different Self Film Creative Protect Concerned Judged Default

Author:Sharlto Copley

“Above all, anger needs to be felt so it can be talked through, understood and integrated, rather than acted out. In this way, it cleanses the self.”

Way Needs Self Felt Understood Anger Integrated

Author:Tian Dayton

“The self-portrait is an act of objectifying the self and in that regard is a unique form of portraiture.”

Self Form Unique Regard Portraits Portraiture Self Portrait Self Portrait Photography Objectifying

Author:Burton Silverman

“I used to be too subjective, and I was always tempted to find my inner self in the exterior and dissipate my imagination on other people and on life.”

People Self Used Imagination Used To Be Tempted Subjective My Imagination Inner Self Exterior

Author:Oskar Kokoschka

“Chronic self-doubt is a symptom of the core belief, 'I'm not good enough.' We adopt these types of limiting beliefs in response to our family and childhood experiences, and they become rooted in the subconscious... we have the ability to take action to override it.”

Self Enough Action Belief Ability Doubt Childhood Type Response Core Our Family Good Enough Rooted Subconscious Symptoms Not Good Enough Self-doubt Limiting Beliefs Core Beliefs

Author:Lauren Mackler

“A critical key to achieving success lies in your ability to activate your potential to create the results you seek... start by being aware of your self-sabotaging patterns.”

Self Lying Ability Results Achieve Keys Patterns Critical Achieving Success Activate

Author:Lauren Mackler

“The people who ultimately reach their goals are those who don't give up. Instead of wallowing in self-pity or frustration - or throwing in the towel altogether - they explore what didn't work and course-correct.”

People Giving Self Courses Goal Giving Up Perseverance Pity Frustration Throwing Don't Give Up Self Pity Towels Wallowing Throwing In The Towel

Author:Lauren Mackler

“While some rules are necessary and good for us, living a life based on others' rules, needs, and expectations can stifle your self-expression and creativity, and keep a lid on your potential.”

Needs Self Creativity Expression Expectations Self Expression

Author:Lauren Mackler

“The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates”

Self Helping Spirit Individual Growth Effects Self Help Source Roots Genuine Genuine Smiles

Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others, so that they could receive the benefits of Jiu Jitsu as well. Growing up in this environment, I learned the art of Jiu Jitsu is actually a method through which one strives for self-perfection.”

Wells Persons Art Self Spiritual Desire Father Growing Up Environment Growing Benefits Perfection Method Strive Strife Naturalist Jiu Jitsu Self Perfection

Author:Carlos Gracie, Jr.

“Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems.”

Self Age Management Self Confidence Journalism Jargon Lack Of Self Confidence Management Systems

Author:George Packer

“At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?”

Self Poor Behavior Judgment Defense Justification Self Defense Bad Behavior

Author:Dan Gelber

“The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.”

Humans Self Forget Secret Seeking Human Happiness

Book:Love and Lust: On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions

Source: Love and Lust: On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions

“In Globetrotter, David Albahari explores the consciousness of emigres from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, showing that while abroad, many of us are even more intensely preoccupied with our histories than we were while living in Yugoslavia. His narrative structured out of realistic details and perceptions with self-conscious meditation blending history, civilization and its discontents, and personal experience reaches a density and intensity akin to Krasznahorkai's and Thomas Bernhard's. An intensely idiosyncratic narrative, enjoyable and thoughtful.”

“People always say be true to yourself. But that’s misleading, because there are two selves. There’s your short term self, and there’s your long term self. And if you’re only true to your short term self, your long term self slowly decays.”

People Ifs Long Two Self Term Being True Long Term Decay Short Term Mislead Be True To Yourself True To Yourself

Book:Humans of New York: Stories

Source: Humans of New York: Stories

“Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely and distinctly every year. Lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily threatens you. Press towards the mark more earnestly. Fight a better fight, and war a better warfare every year you live. Pray more. Read more. Subdue self more. Love the brethren more. Oh that you may endeavor to grow in grace every year, that the end of your Christian course may be better than the beginning!”

Feels Years May War Ends Self Christian Spirit Fighting Courses Grows Christ Sin Walks Grace Praying Weight Mark Presses Lays Witness Endeavor Warfare Assurance Brethren

Author:J. C. Ryle

“Appearance is the most public part of the self. It is our sacrament, the visible self that the world assumes to be a mirror of the invisible, inner self.”

World Self Mirrors Assuming Appearance Invisible Visible Sacraments Inner Self

Book:Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

Source: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

“Women particularly can dress modestly and in the process contribute to their own self respect and to the moral purity of men. In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.”

Men Ends Self Process Moral Type Dresses Purity Self Respect Moral Purity

Author:Tad R. Callister

“Even more than the depression, it was my anxiety and agitation that became the defining symptoms of my illness. Like epileptic seizures, a series of frenzied anxiety attacks would descend upon me without warning. My body was possessed by a chaotic, demonic force which led to my shaking, pacing and violently hitting myself across the chest or in the head. This self-flagellation seemed to provide a physical outlet for my invisible torment, as if I were letting steam out of a pressure cooker.”

Source: When Going Through Hell...Dont' Stop!: A Survivor's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Clinical Depression

Self Quotes

Related topics

Self Quotes