Self Quotes – City of Quotes

My kindest interpretation of my younger self is, ‘Boy, was I busy.’ I had two kids, a husband, two stepkids. I mean, how many darn things can a person do at the end of the day?

Sallie Krawcheck

My kindest interpretation of my younger self is, ‘Boy, was I busy.’ I had two kids, a husband, two stepkids. I mean, how many darn things can a person do at the end of the day?

Sallie Krawcheck

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On ‘Morning Joe’ I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well.

Mika Brzezinski

On ‘Morning Joe’ I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well.

Mika Brzezinski

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It is the parent’s job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children’s self confidence is buoyed at all times, or they will plummet like a stone.

Henry Winkler

It is the parent’s job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children’s self confidence is buoyed at all times, or they will plummet like a stone.

Henry Winkler

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It’s not only the most difficult thing to know one’s self, but the most inconvenient.

Josh Billings

It’s not only the most difficult thing to know one’s self, but the most inconvenient.

Josh Billings

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

Francis of Assisi

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

Francis of Assisi

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True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

Thich Nhat Hanh

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

Aldous Huxley

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

Aldous Huxley

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Some of the Christopher Guest movies, when I’m not really like myself, when I have my hair dyed blonde or had a faux-hawk haircut. Those I like to watch because it takes you away from your real self.

Fred Willard

Some of the Christopher Guest movies, when I’m not really like myself, when I have my hair dyed blonde or had a faux-hawk haircut. Those I like to watch because it takes you away from your real self.

Fred Willard

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I have a strong sense of self, but that’s not a negative thing.

Ray LaMontagne

I have a strong sense of self, but that’s not a negative thing.

Ray LaMontagne

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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I spent a lot of time in the clouds. Becoming a mother has really helped me put my feet on the ground and given me a very powerful sense of self and a powerful sense of priority in life.

Evangeline Lilly

I spent a lot of time in the clouds. Becoming a mother has really helped me put my feet on the ground and given me a very powerful sense of self and a powerful sense of priority in life.

Evangeline Lilly

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If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one’s self.

Lydia Lunch

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one’s self.

Lydia Lunch

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Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.

Paul Bloom

Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.

Paul Bloom

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If you don’t know your worth, if you don’t know your value, if you don’t know how fantabulous you are – it’s going to be hard for other people to see it. Being appreciative of self is beauty to me.

Kelly Rowland

If you don’t know your worth, if you don’t know your value, if you don’t know how fantabulous you are – it’s going to be hard for other people to see it. Being appreciative of self is beauty to me.

Kelly Rowland

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There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one’s self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

Dorothea Dix

There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one’s self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

Dorothea Dix

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An exile reads change the way he reads time, memory, self, love, fear, beauty: in the key of loss.

Andre Aciman

An exile reads change the way he reads time, memory, self, love, fear, beauty: in the key of loss.

Andre Aciman

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I have an accountant, obviously, because I’m self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

Richard C. Armitage

I have an accountant, obviously, because I’m self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

Richard C. Armitage

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If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.

Mohsin Hamid

If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.

Mohsin Hamid

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I’m still trying to find out who Paula Cole is. I always am – and I always will be – my real, inside self, which has no name.

Paula Cole

I’m still trying to find out who Paula Cole is. I always am – and I always will be – my real, inside self, which has no name.

Paula Cole

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Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

George Bernard Shaw

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.

George Bernard Shaw

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#self 193

My kindest interpretation of my younger self is, ‘Boy, was I busy.’ I had two kids, a husband, two stepkids. I mean, how many darn things can a person do at the end of the day?

On ‘Morning Joe’ I can say what I think, be my sometimes unorthodox self, have fun, yet be serious as well.

It is the parent’s job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children’s self confidence is buoyed at all times, or they will plummet like a stone.

It’s not only the most difficult thing to know one’s self, but the most inconvenient.

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

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

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

Some of the Christopher Guest movies, when I’m not really like myself, when I have my hair dyed blonde or had a faux-hawk haircut. Those I like to watch because it takes you away from your real self.

I have a strong sense of self, but that’s not a negative thing.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self?

I spent a lot of time in the clouds. Becoming a mother has really helped me put my feet on the ground and given me a very powerful sense of self and a powerful sense of priority in life.

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one’s self.

Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have immaterial souls.

If you don’t know your worth, if you don’t know your value, if you don’t know how fantabulous you are – it’s going to be hard for other people to see it. Being appreciative of self is beauty to me.

There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one’s self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

An exile reads change the way he reads time, memory, self, love, fear, beauty: in the key of loss.

I have an accountant, obviously, because I’m self employed, and I use an independent financial adviser. I trust my accountant because we have worked together for a long time now.

If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.

I’m still trying to find out who Paula Cole is. I always am – and I always will be – my real, inside self, which has no name.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.