Too much time is wasted fighting one self and life itself. Peace and fulfilment emerge the moment you embrace both.
Our abilities and possibilities are at one and the same time very limited and quite infinite dependent on the depth of our relationship to our 'self', others and life itself.
Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.
Powerlessness can be a self-fulfilling prophesy. There is much that is wrong with America. But it will only be made right only if we force change to occur.
Christianity is more than just a belief; it is a life of discipline, a firm determination to live a life of prayer and contemplation, a life of self-denial and Christlikeness.
Neither apology nor kindness can demolish the wall of hatred when built, by choice, on a base of self-centeredness & from the bricks of ego!
My nose is broken," I said. Damn that Dumbo. Made me self-conscious. "My ankle's broken," he said. "Then I'll come to you.
Don't always think about being a subordinate, otherwise you would lose your self esteem and not succeed in society.
You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.
What self-acceptance does is open up more possibilities of succeeding because you aren't fighting yourself along the way.
For, what is the purpose of true love, other than to rescue another from one's self? Why is that not the first thing we look for?
If he doesn't want your heart. He doesn't deserve your body. Don't neglect your SELF-RESPECT.
The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about.
Even the most self-confident people, at one point of their lives, felt like outsiders or felt like they weren't being heard or seen or witnessed in some way.
Whenever you see people talking about how real they are or how normal they are, it seems odd to have that self awareness that you could potentially not be normal.
Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only YOU can be responsible for it. You have to invest in yourself, or no one else will.
But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving.
The quote above about patience is NOT MERYL STREEP's-- this quote is actually from the pen of Portuguese self-help author/life coach José Micard Teixeira. PLEASE REMOVE IT!!!!!
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
I'm channelling my 14-year-old self. She's thinking about putting on her big hoop earrings and baggy pants and going to the mall downtown.
International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.
