Quotessence
Home / Topics / Self Quotes

Self Quotes

Browse 20087 quotes about Self.

Related topics

IfsPeopleThinkingMenWorldWayKnowsSelf EsteemEsteemMindGivingWantNeedsHumansPersonsFeelsMeanDoeMayRealShouldBelieveFirstsInterestMadeSelf ConfidenceTryingKindConsciousLooksWritingSelf LoveHeartHelpingSelf RespectWellsLittlesSoulIndividualFormFeelingsBodyAwarenessDisciplineSpiritualImportantConsciousnessArtSelf ConsciousExpressionSelf ControlChildrenSelf InterestIdeasMomentsInspirationalSeemsStillsTrue SelfLongHas BeensWholeYearsSpiritActionDoubtStatesSacrificeMatterUseEndsSense Of SelfGovernmentFactsSometimesBookProblemSelf DisciplineHardTwoRealityDesireReasonSelf KnowledgeValuesAbleDifferentEgoCharacterI CanOrderProcessPityLove IsLife IsLoveLifeLyingDiscoverySelf Worthmore

Self Quotes

“There is perhaps no sort of self more subject to dangerous egotism than that which deludes itself with the notion that it is not a self at all, but something else. It is well to beware of persons who believe that the cause, the mission, the philanthropy, the hero, or whatever it may be that they strive for, is outside of themselves, so that they feel a certain irresponsibility, and are likely to do things which they would recognize as wrong if done in behalf of an acknowledged self.”

IfsFeelsBelieveWellsMayPersonsSelfDoneCertainCausesSubjectsDangerousHeroStriveNotionMissionsPhilanthropyBehalfEgotismIrresponsibility
Author:Charles Horton Cooley
Create image

“In the days of witchcraft it used to be believed that if one person secretly made a waxen image of another and stuck pins into the image, its counterpart would suffer tortures, and that if the image was melted the person would die. This superstition is almost realized in the relation between the private self and its social reflection. They seem to separate but are darkly united, and what is done to the one is done to the other.”

IfsPersonsMadeSelfDoneSeemsUsedSufferingDiesSocialUnitedReflectionRelationStuckUsed To BeTortureSuperstitionsPinsWitchcraftCounterparts
Book:Human Nature and the Social Order
Create image

“The relations between parents and children are certainly not only those of constraint. There is spontaneous mutual affection, which from the first prompts the child to acts of generosity and even of self-sacrifice, to very touching demonstrations which are in no way prescribed. And here no doubt is the starting point for that morality of good which we shall see developing alongside of the morality of right or duty, and which in some persons completely replaces it.”

WayFirstsChildrenPersonsSelfParentDoubtSacrificeDutyMoralityRelationStartingAffectionDevelopingGenerosityNo DoubtMutualTouchingSpontaneousDemonstrationConstraintsSelf SacrificeStarting PointPromptsChildren And Parents
Book:The Moral Judgement of the Child
Create image

“Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his madness defines him as not fully a person and therefore not a political being with political desires and ambitions. The Praise of Folly, therefore sketches the possibility of a position for the critic of the scene of political rivalry, a position not simply impartial between the rivals but also, by self-definition, off the stage of rivalry altogether.”

WellsPersonsSelfPoliticalDesireStagePossibilityPositionFoolSceneAmbitionClaimsMadnessPraiseCriticsDefinitionsFollyCriticizeLicenseRivalsRivalryReprisalErasmus
Author:J. M. Coetzee
Create image

“I've thought a lot about what it means to be the President. I also understand an administration is not one person but an administration is dedicated citizens who are called by the President to serve the country, to serve a cause greater than self. And so I've thought about an administration of people who represent all America, but people who understand my compassionate and conservative philosophy.”

PeopleMeanPersonsSelfCountryPhilosophyAmericaCausesPresidentGreaterCitizensConservativeAdministrationCompassionateDedicated
Author:George W. Bush
Create image

“What, on the eternal list of priorities, precedes health? What more obvious role could government have than the defense of the life, of each citizen? We cannot stop every germ that seeks to harm us any more than we can stop every person who seeks to harm us. But we can try dammit and government's essential role in that effort facilitate it, reduce its cost, broaden its availability, improve my health and yours, seems, ultimately, self-explanatory.”

TryingPersonsSelfSeemsGovernmentEffortRolesHealthCitizensCostEssentialsEternalObviousHarmDefenseListsPrioritiesGermsFacilitateAvailability
Author:Keith Olbermann
Create image

“You know, I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it's very much the same thing: the therapist is too disinterested, a little too aloof, a little too inactive. They're not really interested in the person, he doesn't relate to the person. All these things I've written so much about. That's why I've made such a practice really, over and over to hammer home the point of self-revelation and being more of yourself and showing yourself. Every book I write I want to get that in there.”

ThinkingKnowsWantWritingLittlesPersonsMadeBookSelfHomePracticeWrittenRelateTherapyRevelationsHammersTherapistsDisinterestedAloofSelf Revelation
Author:Irvin D. Yalom
Create image

“"What is the meaning of life?" This question has no answer except in the history of how it came to be asked. There is no answer because words have meaning, not life or persons or the universe itself. Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe.”

PersonsSelfUniverseIndividualUnderstandingAnswersCivilizationCertaintyMeaning Of LifeAweWhat Is The Meaning Of LifeWhat Is The Meaning
Author:Julian Jaynes
Create image

“The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breed pride and arrogance. The true believer is apt to see himself as one of the chosen, the salt of the earth, a prince disguised in meekness, who is destined to inherit this earth and the kingdom of heaven, too. He who is not of his faith is evil; he who will not listen shall perish.”

PersonsSelfSeemsEarthEvilIndividualHeavenReligiousHumilityPrideTruth IsHumbleBelieverImpressionKingdomsChosenDenialArroganceSaltHarshDestinedHumblingKingdom Of HeavenMeeknessTrue BelieverSelf-denialSalt Of The EarthHumble PersonPride And Arrogance
Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER
Create image

“And here come the Left Brothers - Al "747" Sharpton and Jesse "DC 10" Jackson - barreling in for a landing on top of Goodell's dome. And this time every black person with an ounce of common sense and self-respect is riding shotgun with Jesse and Al, who have justifiably voiced their displeasure with Limbaugh's ownership bid.”

PersonsSelfLeftBlackCommonBrotherCommon SenseSelf RespectAlsRidingOwnershipLandingDomesBlack PersonShotgunsDispleasure
Author:Jason Whitlock
Create image

“What outsiders discover in their adventures on the other side of the looking glass is the courage to repudiate self-contempt and recognise their “alienation” as a precious gift of freedom from arbitrary norms that they did not make and did not sanction. At the moment a person questions the validity of the rules, the victim is no longer a victim.”

PersonsSelfMomentsSidesAdventureVictimGlassesContemptOutsidersNormArbitraryAlienationSanctionsRecogniseValidityPrecious Gifts
Author:Jamake Highwater
Create image

“How can you develop a self-concept linked to your untapped potential? First, you can decide on the kind of life you would like to lead in ten or fifteen years. This will give you a standard for making decisions about current activities and will reduce the inclination to compare yourself unfavorably to others. Learn to ask, "How would I handle this situation were I the person I hope to become?" And then take action in line with your vision.”

GivingYearsFirstsKindPersonsSelfActionAsksLinesDecisionSituationVisionActivityTenStandardsConceptsCurrentsHandleCompareFifteenLinkedInclinationMaking DecisionsFifteen YearsLead InSelf ConceptUntapped Potential
Author:Ari Kiev
Create image

“An interesting difference between African-American humor and Jewish humor, in it's kind of basic or maybe most austere type form is, African-American humor, some of it comes out of playing the dozens in which you insult the other person or insult the other person's mother, and so much of Jewish humor is like, you're insulting yourself. It's totally self-deprecating.”

KindPersonsSelfFormMotherDifferencesInterestingLike YouTypeAfrican AmericanInsultDozenInsultingSelf DeprecatingJewish Humor
Author:Terry Gross
Create image