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Self Quotes


"Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them."


"We are our best friend and worst enemy we wil ever fight with. Time is our enemy, but how can we fight even when time will wipe us out?"


"Never forget to value yourself, never seek validation outside of yourself."


"Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense."


"Every human being has to build a secret temple in his soul where he can shelter himself and find himself again and again."


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


"The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle."


"We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self."


"You may have been born on the rubbish damp. But be careful not to believe that the rubbish damp was born in you! Your environment may try to set conditions that may attempt their fingers on crippling you. But you got to stand and say "I thank you Lord that I am rising against and above my limitations."


"You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented."


"Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier."


"Only you can find yourself by losing yourself again and again in the deep darkness of your driving desires."


"I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young."


"What you think about yourself is more important than what others think about you."


"Never seek permission to be yourself. Revel in your own beauty."


"When you trust yourself, everyone around you will trust you, too."


"The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents."


"Never forget to forgive yourself, always remember to love yourself."


"Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level."


"I believe that ultimately the situation in Kosovo can only be resolved through self-determination."
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"Our abilities are reflection of who we truly are"


"I think Stills has been playing better than ever. I know a lot of it sounds self-serving, but he truly has."
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"It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor."
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"I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying."


"Why do you want to fall in love when love is inside you?"
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