Quotes about Self
He was careless of his life; careless of whether he lived or died, but not actively intent on self harm.
— Charles Dickens
Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations. And nothing is more desolating than a thorough knowledge of the private self.
— Aldous Huxley
We must be our own, before we can be another's.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Believe in yourself, for the universe believes in you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower must bloom inside first before revealing its beauty to the world.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.
— Thomas Merton
We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.
— Thomas Merton
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
— Thomas Paine
The spiritual self of each of us is that part of us that will never grow old, or ill, or die, but it must be nurtured and invigorated!
— Joseph Wirthlin
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
— Norman Vincent Peale