Quotes about Self
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
— Ayn Rand
You become what you believe.
— Oprah Winfrey
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
— Albert Camus
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
— Walt Whitman
To the same degree that your understanding of and attitude toward Afrika become positive, you'll find that your understanding of and your attitude toward yourself will also become positive.
— Malcolm X
Nothing can take your joy; you have to give it away. You're in complete control of your happiness.
— Joel Osteen
The Real You isn't damaged goods. The Real You is the light of the universe.
— Marianne Williamson
And can anything else that is useful be accomplished without change? Do you not see then that for yourself also to change is just the same, and equally necessary for the universal nature?
— Marcus Aurelius
No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The only prison we need to escape from is the prison of our own minds.
— Anonymous
Freedom is the power to create out of nothing, the power of the spirit to create out of itself.
— Nikolai Berdyaev
Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace of Christ has the power to produce that love.
— Paul David Tripp