The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.
The dream is yours… why are you asking others to validate or nourish it? Your journey must be self-propelled. It must be fueled from within.
Low self-confidence can be viewed as a good thing; it reminds us to be confident in Christ!
One of the hallmarks that a British actor brings to his public persona is an adept sense of self-deprecation - see Daniel Craig and Damian Lewis.
In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our actions.
All writing is an act of self-exploration. Even a grocery list says something about you; how much more does a novel say?
I self-deprecate. When I first got here two years ago, I didn't realise that in America you can't go into the room and put yourself down.
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.
Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
You can never appreciate the scent of a flower by another's description. Some things are left to experience. Journey of self.
When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.
I am self-reliant, I am accountable, I am determined, I am strong, I am...the scarce minority.
Healthcare reform is a paradigmatic case. It is self-evidently necessary and inevitable and has been on the agenda for 35 years, and the political class seems completely unable to respond to it.
Judaism for me is a sensibility of collective self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling. I feel a debt of responsibility to this past. It is why I am Jewish.
The only way you can reach your full potential is if you open up and allow your self to be exposed to how you really feel.
I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.
What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything in a search for something else.
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.
We attract what we're meant to because we're aware & self-empowered enough to choose most of the time. Other times we have lessons to learn
Coming to the END of MYSELF and all SELF effort...seems to be the very point that God steps in and shows HIMSELF to be more than ENOUGH.
