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Go to table of contentsKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. , philosopher
Believe you can and you're halfway there. , president
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. , entrepreneur
Your value doesn't decrease based on someones inability to see your worth. , social marketing strategist
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. , novelist
It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives. , author
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. , author
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. ,
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. , psychologist
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. , emperor
Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. , entertainer
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. , inventor
You must have a positive self perception in order to transcend anything. , speaker
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. , poet
It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves. , poet
The first and the best victory is to conquer self. , philosopher
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. , author
You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. ,
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. , writer
One day you'll wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted , novelist
Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune. , businessman
Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. ,
The strongest factor...is self-esteem believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it. , author
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. , coach
Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized. , physicist
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you. , philosopher
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. , poet
Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius. , businessman
Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design. , entertainer
Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. , psychologist
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. , comedian
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. , writer
look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you... ,
A traumatic event doesn't doom us to suffer indefinitely. Instead, we can use it as a springboard to unleash our best qualities and lead happier lives. ,
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us. , poet
The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept. , comedian
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. , leader
Self-worth comes from one thing -- thinking that you are worthy. , psychologist
It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego. , critic
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. , writer
The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. , critic
When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are. , entertainer
My journey wasn't just about the research, it was about finding my passion, and it was about making my own opportunities. ,
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you. , philosopher
Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better. ,
One is rated by others as he rates himself. ,
One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. , artist
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. ,
This above all; to thine own self be true. , dramatist
You must look at who you are and make an effort to know yourself, which is the most difficult knowledge one can imagine. , novelist
Your job is not to be perfect. Your job is only to be human. ,
The secret to happiness is low expectations. ,
I will give thanks to thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Thy works, and my soul knows it very well. Psalms 139:14 ,
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. , politician
No one can disgrace us but ourselves. ,
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. , poet
Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. ,
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. , dramatist
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. , author
To say I love you one must know first how to say the I. , writer
Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. , theologian
Study to be what you wish to seem. ,
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change. ,
You save yourself or you remain unsaved. ,
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. , philosopher
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are. , writer
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. , musician
No man will work for your interests unless they are his. ,
Looking at the world from other species' points of view is a cure for the disease of human self-importance. , educator
Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for. , poet
Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you. , poet
Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. ,
I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier. , entertainer
The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. , critic
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. , musician
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself. , actor
Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. , scientist
He who is wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package. ,
When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. ,
Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself. , scientist
If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence and judgment. ,
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. , dramatist
The most sublime act is to set another before you. , poet
The soul that is within me no man can degrade. , author
Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. , educator
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. , poet
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.Being true to anyone else or anything else is...impossible. , novelist
If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed. , novelist
We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them. , novelist
My self-editing process is intense. , poet
A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves. , philosopher
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. , author
When you look at the Moon, you think, 'I'm really small. What are my problems?' It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often. , writer
When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves. , novelist
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself. , clergyman
The point isn't to live without any regrets. The point is to not hate ourselves for having them. ,
Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. ,
I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others. , emperor
We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves. , philosopher
[Psychology] should be just as concerned with building strength as with repairing damage. ,
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. , writer
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. , comedian
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit ,
So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself. , philosopher
A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror. , psychologist
Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back. ,
With so many options to choose from, people find it very difficult to choose at all. ,
When we give in the world what we want the most, we heal the broken part inside each of us. ,
Without a sense of place the work is often reduced to a cry of voices in empty rooms, a literature of the self, at its best poetic music; at its worst a thin gruel of the ego. , writer
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. , soldier
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. , leader
Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. , author
You have peace, the old woman said, when you make it with yourself. , writer
Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love. , poet
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are. , president
Think highly of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate. ,
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. , writer
He who takes but never gives, may last for years but never lives. ,
The sources of human problems have to do with egotism, 'I.' , theologian
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self. , sociologist
Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. , poet
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image. , author
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives. , author
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. , philosopher
The greatest productive force is human selfishness. , writer
Scientists and engineers can indeed change the world. So can you. You were born to. ,
The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also. , poet
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self. , clergyman
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you. , novelist
The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own. ,
We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued. , philosopher
I'll always be number 1 to myself. , athlete
Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there. , poet
The greatest success, is successful self acceptance. ,
We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. , poet
Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. , novelist
What are you going to teach me about right and wrong? I know what is wrong. I have done wrong. I am told every day, by every face I see, every wall I face, that I am wrong. ,
In whatever it is that I do, I find myself drawn to infinite possibility, that sense of potential. ,
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self. , monk
Everything is self-evident. , mathematician
Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for ,
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. , dramatist
Often, it’s not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don’t know how to be. ,
Of all the infirmities we have, the most savage is to despise our being. , philosopher
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. , philosopher
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous. ,
You are at the beginning, not the end, of this adventure. Being overwhelmed is the first step. ,
I don't personally have enough faith to be an atheist. , writer
I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that you really must make the self. , author
Whether you say you can't or you can, you're right. ,
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