Self Quotes

But let's face it, I still have to look at my self and look at the things I've done down the stretch.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

When you start becoming really successful, the demons start to tempt you - the demons of vanity and self importance, drug abuse, the feelings of fraudulence. But, it's also a thrill. That's what I found weird.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

The most difficult part of playing Christ was that I had to keep up the image around the clock. As soon as the picture finished, I returned home to Sweden and tried to find my old self. It took six months to get back to normal.

Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.

Religion is the call to confront reality; to master the self.

I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.

I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust.

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.

Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.

It's just so fragile. The growing sense of 'Oh, God, what am I doing? Am I any good? Will I ever work again?' All those questions of self doubt, they do creep in.