Of necessity, the autobiographical self is not just about one individual but about all the others that an individual interacts with. Of necessity, it incorporates the culture in which the interactions took place.
Hold a retrospective approach in your spirit to figure out your loopholes and try to forge out for filling them for a lucrative self growth
Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.
There's an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we're morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that's a bit dangerous.
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot.
The purported insight achieved by the patient is not the product of a process of veridical self-discovery, but rather reflects the patient’s conversion to the therapist’s interpretation.
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
A path toward Truth is darkness; a journey through the woods, at night, blindfolded. Find 'Self' & you can find Light with eyes closed.
I wish that you knew you could never make it without love for your goddamned self, and that you'll never ever find it in anybody else.
Compensate the lack of love from the world with an abundance of self-love. Work on happiness inside. The external world will respond.
When you can't seem to find happiness or peace in either direction you turn, maybe its time for self evaluation.
You must be prepared to sacrifice your self-love to the cause, you must be ready to treat the cause as if it is life itself.
A woman that knows her worth doesn't measure herself against another woman but stands strong, calmed and self confident.
Sometimes the greatest act of love is to walk away, so that the other person can find their true self and direction again.
Positive emotions, such as the feelings of love, kindness, self-worth, confidence and optimism, produce a better person and a good destiny.
Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future.
The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me.
I have learnt that we expect honesty and genuineness from others, while not being honest and genuine with our own self.
Don’t wait to receive until you feel worthy. Your self-esteem will go up as a result of receiving. ~Amanda Owen
I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.
