Self - Quotes

Accepting, allowing and interacting with your life as though it is exactly as it should be, without making yourself wrong (or right) for what you discover is the way to Self-Realization. - Arial Kane

Accepting, allowing and interacting with your life as though it is exactly as it should be, without making yourself wrong (or right) for what you discover is it the way to Self-Realization. - Arial Kane

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all of life’s greatest tests alone. - Unknown

Don’t sell yourself short. Conquer the crime of self-depreciation. Concentrate on your assets. You’re better than you think you are. - David. J. Schwartz

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making, and rendering success impossible by their own cross-grained ungentleness; whilst others, it may be much less gifted, make their way and achieve success by simple patience, equanimity, and self-control. - Samuel Smiles

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. - Arnold Bennett

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man’s self-respect is a sin. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery

If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again. - Sharon Salzberg

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them. - John J. McCloy

Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on. - Maxwell Maltz

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. - Richard Wright

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. - Theodore Parker

Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. - Demosthenes

Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt. - Berthold Auerbach

Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome, for it is a pit designed and dug by our own hands, summed up in the phrase, "It's no use – I can't do it." - Maxwell Maltz

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. - Lord Chesterfield

Our self-image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become. - Maxwell Maltz

Relentless, repetitive self-talk is what changes our self-image. - Denis Waitley

Respect for people helped build good self-esteem in them. - Unknown

Self-acceptance leads to success, not the other way around. - Deepak Chopra

Self-actualising people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family. - Abraham Maslow

Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others. - Christopher Germer

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Unknown

Self-discipline begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward. - Napoleon Hill

Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today’s actions to tomorrow’s results. There’s a season for sowing, a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which. - Gary Ryan Blair

Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing, a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which. - Gary Ryan Blair

Self-discipline is the ability to delay gratification for the sake of your future. - Unknown

Self-discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you do not talk back. - Unknown

Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential more than all external limitations put together. - Brain Tracy

Self-esteem is an attitude a person has towards himself. It is based on the sum of self-respect, self-confidence, and self-responsibility. - Unknown

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. - Maxwell Maltz

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Self-motivation is essential for individual growth. - Ram Mohan

Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening. - G. I. Gurdjief

Self-pity is one of the most dangerous forms of self-centeredness. Self-pity more than anything interferes with positive actions in moving forwards with our lives. - Unknown

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

Self-preservation is the first law of nature. - Samuel Butler

Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is its ultimate reward. - Patricia Sampson

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others. - Denis Waitley

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. - John Herschel

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. - Rabbi Abraham Heschel

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself. - W. Clement Stone

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy. - Wayne Dyer

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment. - H. Ross Perot

That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. - William J. H. Boetcker

The ‘self-image’ is the key to human personality and human behaviour. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behaviour. - Maxwell Maltz

The best discipline, maybe the only discipline that really works, is self- discipline. - Walter Kiechel III

The quickest way to acquire self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. - Unknown

The self-esteem one acquires and a well-earned feeling of one's strength are the only consolation in this world. Income, after all, most brutes have that. - Paul Gauguin

The state of self-realization, as we call it, is not attaining something new or reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are and which you always have been. - Sri Ramana Maharshi

The self-reliant person never has a need to blame others for his failures. He corrects himself where necessary and moves on. - Unknown

There is no more reason to accuse ourselves excessively of our failings than to excuse them overmuch. He who goes overboard in self-criticism often does so in order not to suffer others’ criticisms, or else does so out of a kind of vanity that wishes to make others believe that he knows how to confess his faults. - Magdeleine Sable

There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. - George Matthew Adams

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. - Denis Waitley

We don't have to take rejection as a reflection of our self-worth ... Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay ... But don't reject yourself, and don't give so much power to other people's rejection of you. It isn't necessary. - Melody Beattie

Without self-knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. - G. I. Gurdjieff

Self-respect

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. - Abraham Joshua Heschel

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless. - Scott Hamilton

Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth. - Lyanla Vanzant

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power. - Clint Eastwood

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it. - Whitney Griswold

The tragedy is that so many people look for self-confidence and self-respect everywhere except within themselves, and so they fail in their search. - Dr Nathaniel Branden

The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs. - Joan Didion

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. - Joan Didion

Self-esteem

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery. - Martin Luther King

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. - Sam Walton

People who project negativity typically have low self-esteem. They feel badly about themselves, and their negativity is simply a reflection of those feelings. - Hendrie Weisinger

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness. - Louise Hart

Self-esteem is the real magic wand that can form a child’s future. A child’s self-esteem affects every area of her existence, from friends she chooses, to how well she does academically in school, to what kind of job she gets, to even the person she chooses to marry. - Stephanie Martson

Your self-esteem won’t come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you. - Stacy London

Self-confidence

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. Legitimate self-confidence is a winner. The true test of self-confidence is the courage to be open – to welcome change and new ideas regardless of their source. Self-confident people aren't afraid to have their views challenged. They relish the intellectual combat that enriches ideas. - Jack Welch

If men are lacking in self-confidence, it is generally from an over-estimate of the difficulties before them, or from an under-estimate of their ability to overcome the obstacles in their way. Many noble and talented men and women fail in their lifework by an under-estimate of their possibilities. - Nicias Ballard Cooksey

Low self-confidence is simply a problem of Awareness. Once you are aware of the Truth about yourself, you will be able to understand why you are the way you are and, most importantly, learn to love and accept yourself. - Robert Anthony

Low self-confidence isn’t a life sentence. Self-confidence can be learned, practiced, and mastered – just like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better. - Barrie Davenport

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

Self-confidence cannot be totally destroyed, for it is an inbuilt ingredient of our growth and evolution. What happens is that self-confidence is suppressed by the conditioning of the mind by external forces. A negative syndrome is formed. We can overcome this syndrome by taking a strong, positive view of life. - P. C. Ganesan

Self-confidence is a cure-all that can relieve worry and eliminate fear, the two things that often stand in our way while striving for success. Unfortunately, to gain confidence, you must attain a state of denial by suspending reality. You must make yourself believe what you suspect is not so. To gain this level of self-confidence, you need to be willing to attempt that which common sense tells you not to do. - Aaron R. Fodiman

Self-confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone see how awesome you are if you can’t see it yourself? - Unknown

The power of self-confidence is derived from having faith in your own ability to create and capture that which you want to achieve. It is a self-confident hunter who will pursue an animal many times bigger and stronger than himself. Likewise, in the world we live in today, no obstacle is too large to overcome, if we have the faith in ourselves to do it. - Aaron R. Fodiman

Total self-confidence is built through positive expectations. You can build positive expectations by knowing that you have the power within to overcome any obstacle that lies ahead. So many people have a magnetic attraction to the past. They save mementos, clippings, old letters, and trivia. There is nothing wrong with this, but if you want to succeed, your mind must focus on where you are going, not on where you have been. Instead of saving mementos, clippings, old letters, and trivia from the past, it would be more productive to make a scrapbook with pictures of where you want to go and what you want to be in the future. - Robert Anthony

Who has self-confidence will lead the rest. - Horace

Self-love

A healthy self-love means we have no compulsion to justify to ourselves or others why we take vacations, why we sleep late, why we buy new shoes, why we spoil ourselves from time to time. We feel comfortable doing things which add quality and beauty to life. - Andrew Matthews

I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don’t have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else? - Shailene Woodley

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them. - Bell hooks

If you’re not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have. - Tyrese Gibson

My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another. - Shakti Gawain

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It’s about accepting all of yourself. - Tyra Banks

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Self-love is the source of all our other loves. - Pierre Corneille

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural. - Thomas Aquinasf