Himself Quotes

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

The Reformers, therefore, as instruments in the hands of God, in delivering the Church from bondage to prelates, did not make it a tumultuous multitude, in which every man was a law to himself, free to believe, and free to do what he pleased.

All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?

There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself; and to kill himself would have seemed cowardly, as implying fear of being killed by others.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

In the kingdom of heaven it is His work that will be crowned, not yours. Anything in you that He has not wrought Himself will count for nothing.

It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it.

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.

The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

The manager is by himself. He can't mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you.

What each man feared would happen to himself, did not trouble him when he saw that it would ruin another.

The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril .

That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends.

The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are.

What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.

If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself.

I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.