Browsing Topic Best Self Quotes

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

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

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself.

Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may be mistaken, he may be fooled in a given instance, but he is inflexible in regard to the absolutism of reality, i.e., in seeking and demanding truth.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

I think I have learned that the best way to lift one’s self up is to help someone else.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Ultimately the greatest help is self-help.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.

Saying ‘no’ can be the ultimate self-care.

Follow your own path, no matter what people say.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Humility is self-forgetfulness.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy.

The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

I am increasingly an architect of self. I am free to will and choose. I can, through accepting my individuality… become more of my uniqueness, more of my potentiality.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Don’t blame, forgive, All healing is self-healing

A friend is a second self.

To be nobody-but-yourself – in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else – means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.