I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.
Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
There are rules in advertising, and those rules are self-imposed by the client companies because they don't want their products to be seen as dishonest.
I'm still trying to find out who Paula Cole is. I always am - and I always will be - my real, inside self, which has no name.
Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.
Deep down, the Iraqi people want the United States out. And their self-determination should be respected.
Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like.
Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.
There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.
I'm not interested in clothes that just convey a certain look or fashion. Clothes for me have always been a form of self-expression.
Though people know the meaning of the word acceptance, people are ignorant about it. Thinking acceptance may hurt their self esteem.
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so the the body of sin might be brought to nothing, that we should no longer be enslaved to sin.
Worry is momentary atheism crying out for correction by trust in a good, sovereign God. Suffering breaks self-reliance.
But then, even with cuts, bruises and blood all over him, he looked like his jackass self again." - Alex Gold
Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all.
There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
Love is not an idea, not a feeling, not a sensation, not a sentiment, not a passion, not even an emotion. It is becoming and being not... Ultimate nothingness! Complete self-annihilation!
Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet.
It's very hard to self-motivate without someone standing over you snarling, ready to hurl the chalk at your head at the slightest slackening.
