Self Quotes
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.Chief Seattle
The reason of a resolution is more to be considered than the resolution itself.Sir John Holt
He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires and fears is more than a King.John Milton
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.Bertrand Russell
Sit quiety, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.Zen Prove
Graham See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles Or do you believe that people just get lucky Or, look at the question this way Is it possible that there are no coincidences.Signs
Do not wrong or hate your neighbor, for it is not he that you wrong: You wrong yourself.Shawnee Indian Chant
No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent.John Donne
What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever.Axel Monthe
Egotist a person more interested in himself than in me.Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
Mortification from a self - Strength, carried on by ways of self - Invention, unto the end of a self - Righteousness, is the soul and substnace of all false religion in the world.John Owen
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - - Nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.Marlene Dietrich
I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there.Fred Allen, in a letter to Groucho Marx, 1953
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.Robyn Davidson
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.Charles Austin Beard, historian
There is nothing to fear but fear itself.Franklin D. Roosevelt
I am a poet. I lock myself in my room with a type writer so I can talk in terms of the world that has put me here.Eric Pio
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.Scott Adams
The man who fights for his fellow - Man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.Clarence Darrow
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self - Conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.Epictetus, Discourses
There is no greater joy than of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.Henri Bergson
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.George Sand
For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics he feels himself master of his fate, but against major events he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavouring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.George Orwell
If an artist is not able to commit himself totally to his art, how can he expect the world to do so.Unknown
What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.Crowfoot
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.Robert F. Bennett
Every job is a self - Portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.Commitment To Excellence
Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake.John Fitzgerald Kennedy
It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always this occupation ought to last as long as life.Queen Christina
The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college the task is to help him become a self - Educating man.C. Wright Mills
Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.Frederick Saunders
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way.John Stuart Mill
Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger a miracle may not save you... and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.The Talmud
None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.Muhammad
He that plants trees loves others beside himself.Dr. Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.Mencius, Works
