God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.
There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.
The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.
If I self-loathe with any more passion, I will spontaneously combust.
Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.
In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.
A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play.
Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.
Operating without the knowledge of self identity is a plaque to destiny
Comparison is an act of violence against the self.
I promote my own self-hatred.
Love isn’t self-centered, even at the supreme scale.
That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.
The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.
Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.
To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.