Self Quotes

I have suffered my self to be politically sacrificed to save my country from ruin and disgrace and if I am never a gain elected I will have the gratification to know that I have done my duty.

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.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.

To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts.

The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

I believe that fashion is the ultimate form if self expression therefore it really depends on my mood.

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.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

I think your self emerges more clearly over time.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy.

Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved.

Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.

It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

I love it when the left and when the president say, 'Don't try to impose your values on us, you folks who hold your Bibles in your hand and cling to your guns.' They have values too. Our values are based on religion, based on life. Their values are based on a religion of self.

Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach students to program. What fun is there to making plans, acquiring discipline, organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self critical.

I use fake tan myself with a self tanning spray.

You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well.

Between takes I find it difficult to switch off and then try and re-emerge myself in the part, so I try to stay in that frame of mine all day. It can be exhausting and you lose a sense of self, but it is the method that works best for me.

I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.