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Self Quotes
"You must wake up to the truth that whoever you are, that whatever you have or think you do not have, you are perfect in the here and now. Unless you can accept yourself, you will never be satisfied with anything, because it all begins with yourself."
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"The skinnier and more toned I got, the fatter I felt.The more in shape I got, the more out of shape I felt like I was.And the more I made myself look good to the masses, the less attractive I felt like I was."
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"Every man is the conscious or unconscious author of his state."
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"A pensive personality and ambivalent attitude towards power and money can cause other people to take a high production or creative person for granted."
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"I never feel alone realizing the fact that my life is my only life partner."
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"It seems like such an amazing predicament to me, how one does not become a better person by seeking out in the world those who are lesser than himself and then saying, "I will be better than you because you're not as good as me." You don't become better by looking at others and trying to be better than them. You become a better person by looking at yourself in the mirror, and, seeking to overcome and to overthrow all the flaws within yourself, you overcome the weaker you, the lesser you; you become the better You, the stronger You, the higher You. That's how it goes."
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"Do not compare yourself to others. if you do so you are insulting yourself."
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"Self-preservation is to hunker down in the suffocating confines of this infinitesimally tiny existence that I define as 'me,' instead of letting 'me' run through the infinitely massive expanse of everything that is not me. And if the beast of self-preservation does not permit such freedoms, I will preserve myself to my own death."
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"Avoid negative people, for they are the greatest destroyers of self confidence and self-esteem. Surround yourself with people who bring out the best in you!"
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"And do you know why we have not the power to attain this Stoic ideal? It is because we refuse to believe in our power. Nay, of a surety, there is something else which plays a part: it is because we are in love with our vices; we uphold them and prefer to make excuses for them rather than shake them off. We mortals have been endowed with sufficient strength by nature, if only we use this strength, if only we concentrate our powers and rouse them all to help us or at least not to hinder us. The reason is unwillingness, the excuse, inability."
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"Self-consciousness isn't just A curse. It is part of THE curse."
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"I did this so well'- one says this and tastes the sweetness of subtle pride of doership. One enjoys the sweetness of this subtle pride. There is pain [suffering] with projection of doer-ship. God is eternal bliss and that indeed is the nature of the Self!"
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"Love yourself and that is all the love you need."
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"Before I can become an expert on anything, I must first become an expert on me."
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"Being authentic is nothing more than the daily practice of releasing who you believe you should be and having the guts 2 be true to yourself."
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"Your dignity can be mocked, abused, compromised, toyed with, lowered and even badmouthed, but it can never be taken from you. You have the power today to reset your boundaries, restore your image, start fresh with renewed values and rebuild what has happened to you in the past."
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"I am because I feel."
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"We are trapped in a net of our our own self-doubt, on the programming force fed to us by parents, schools, society. In a certain light, on certain days, you can see that net. And once you can see it, you can learn to make it go away."
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"Other people's opinion have no impact on your self esteem unless you allow it."
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"But at some point you have to make peace with what you were given and if God wanted me to be a shy girl with think, dark hair, He would have made me that way, but He didn't. Useful, then, might be to accept how I was made and embody myself fully therein."
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"I'm enjoying getting to know me, one lesson at a time."
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"Good or bad, if you're not "normal, you can't have a normal relationship. If you are different, people will relate to you differently."
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"What messes us up a lot in this life is setting our expectations way too high and then being ashamed when we fail. What is worse is when we allow other people to make us feel ashamed for failing. What is worse than that is hiding and lying about our failure. It's ok to fail, especially when it's a significant life change and you gotta stand up for that right in this life."
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"Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."
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"The fact that you don't realize how wonderful you are only makes you more wonderful."
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"Stand strong in your worth and don't let anyone talk you out of it."
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"We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest."
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"It is not difficult to stand above the conventions when we leave no hostages among them; men can always be more unconventional than women, and a bachelor of independent means need encounter no difficulties at all."
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"The only person you should compete with is you."
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"Becoming your best self should be your ultimate goal, and wisdom helps you discover your true self and can guide you towards manifesting your potential."
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