To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.
I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.
Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.
My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.
The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.
The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.
When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and individual energies.
Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation.
The great thing about a culture is that once you really get it going, it evolves on its own. It's self-organizing. It's dynamic. It just feeds on itself.
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.
Our culture has created two almost irreconcilable descriptions of a 'good woman.' The first is the individual achiever; the second, the self-sacrificing domestic goddess.
Most of the people of this world are coated round and round with self-esteem, and they're afraid to admit any understanding of the things which aren't good.
Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word.
If we love God, do His will, and fear His judgment more than men's, we will have self-esteem.
When you're in the closet, you feel like the sky will fall down if anyone finds out. A lot of the fear is self-generated.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
