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Self Quotes


"If man studied himself, he would see how incapable he is of going further."


"Comfortable in my own skin,I'm madly in love with myself."


"I am the captain of my soul."


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


"Your attitude defines your personality. Your personality refines your attitude. Together they make up your character."


"Truly, nothing in the world has so occupied my thoughts as this I, this riddle, the fact I am alive, that I am separated and isolated from all others, that I am Siddhartha! And about nothing in the world do I know less about than me, about Siddhartha!"


"He laughed to free his mind from his mind's bondage."



"False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose."


"To be depreciated and humiliated isn't a statement of your worth but rather an evidence of your disregarded potential."



"Honesty can force any dysfunction in your life to the surface. Are you in an abusive relationship? A refusal to lie to others " How did you get that bruise? " would oblige you to come to grips with this situation very quickly. Do you have a problem with drugs or alcohol? Lying is the lifeblood of addiction. If we have no recourse to lies, our lives can unravel only so far without others noticing.Telling the truth can also reveal ways in which we want to grow but haven't."


"I'm not simple. Loving me will never be easy. I bring every travesty that's rocked me- with me, to the table. I won't pretend to be something I'm not, and I don't expect you to be blemish free either. That's much too boring of an existence. A past means you've lived, you've prevailed. My ears are open. My heart is accepting. I want to know how you are. I want to know what made you... and I want to feel free to share the 'not so pretty' parts of me, with you."


"Your past isn't there to decide who you are, it's there to guide you to a better version of yourself."


"I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have."


"Open up and wake up with blazing beauty just remember no one is perfect and you are the most beautiful creature on this planet."


"The moment you have to recruit people to put another person down, in order to convince someone of your value is the day you dishonor your children, your parents and your God. If someone doesn't see your worth the problem is them, not people outside your relationship."


"You will always be a monster - there is no turning back from it. But what kind of monster you become is entirely up to you."


"When once more alone, I reviewed the information I had got; looked into my heart, examined its thoughts and feelings, and endeavored to bring back with a strict hand such as had been straying through imagination's boundless and trackless waste, into the safe fold of common sense."


"When our internal reference point is the ego or self-image, we feel cut off from our source, and the uncertainty of events creates fear and doubt."



"I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am."


"If you simply get detach from yourself, it gets easier for you to see, how you perceive life."


"I can learn to live with guilt. I don't care about being good."


"Our greatest release is 2 free our selves from attachments of the past and concerns with the future-2 be able 2 live in the present moment.When we do this, we concentrate our energies, and we don't lose vitality by criticizing, comparing and judging.The quality of release frees us from guilt which is a great waste of energy. Release brings freedom from attachment 2 possessions or fear of loss."


"Let me be, was all I wanted. Be what I am, no matter how I am."


"Cinders, I would've thought you of all people would know better. There are no wicked stepmothers and there are no fairy godmothers, and there are no Prince Charmings. There in no preordained destiny. You get to decide that. You decide your destiny."


"I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the sum."


"Whose little boy are you?"


"You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles."


"Belief in yourself comes from a positive attitude that sees life as worth living and that you have a wonderful part to play in it."



"I felt stifled. Everything I looked at reminded me of myself."


"I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints."



"It is native personality and that alone that endows a man to stand before presidents or generals or in any distinguished collection with aplomb -and not culture or any intellect whatever."


"It's okay for someone to tell me who they think I am, but it's not okay when they try to impose that idea on me."



"He wondered if there was anyone in the world who liked him. Liked him for himself alone."


"What you're looking for is already inside you. You've heard this before, but the holy thing inside you really is that which causes you to seek it. You can't buy it, lease it, rent it, date it, or apply for it. The best job in the world can't give it to you. Neither can succes, or fame, or financial security - besides which, there ain't no such thing."


"What do I believe that I deserve in this life?"


"I have tried everything except being myself!"


"Never let your uniqueness be compromised."
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