Quotes about Self
Man at his origin knows only one thing: God. It is only in the unity of his knowledge of God that he knows of other men, of things, and of himself. He knows all things only in God, and God in all things. The knowledge of good and evil shows that he is no longer at one with this origin.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Nothing could be more misdirected than a self-directed life.
— Lewis Sperry Chafer
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
— Diane von Furstenberg
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
— Soren Kierkegaard
You want to change your life? Control the only thing you can control: the meaning you give something.
— Tony Robbins
The way I change my life is to act as if I am the person I really want to be.
— Ashley Montagu
Going to another country doesn't make any difference. I've tried all that. You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There's nothing to that.
— Ernest Hemingway
Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out.
— Ernest Hemingway
She said that nothing is done to oneself that one does not accept and that if I love someone it would take it all away. What
— Ernest Hemingway
Preaching is not talking to people about the Bible; it is talking to people about themselves from the Bible.
— Andy Stanley
Are you the person the person you're looking for is looking for?
— Andy Stanley
I have to make sure that I don't silence myself about the things that I believe in, because sometimes the fear creeps in of 'What if fewer people watch the show or fewer people hire me because I express my politics?' For me, the commitment is to never be quiet just because I'm in the public eye.
— Kerry Washington