When life throws difficulties at us and the mind is restless, emotional resilience will see us through challenging times. We can work through tempestuous emotions and self-doubt and come through them unharmed and avoid self-sabotage and self-harm.
By letting go of what is known, you are free to encounter the living present, in all its perplexity and revelation. Just as silence is the possibility of sound, self-confessed ignorance is the possibility of encounter.
Being spontaneous is being able to respond with confidence; calmly trusting that, whatever the outcome, you will have a positive if challenging experience that will lead to greater self-awareness and success.
I’ve had situations when I’ve actually encouraged authors to self-publish because their book was poor. Now one would conclude that I’m asking them to self-publish because their book was poor and the self-publishing warehouse is where all the po...
If you are going to be successful in creating the life of your dreams, you have to believe that you are capable of making it happen. Whether you call it self-esteem, self-confidence or self-assurance, it is a deep-seated belief that you have what it ...
Being shy is a symptom of a low self-esteem.
I love my job when I'm not there.
I define me. You don't.
A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life.
Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
Acceptance is different than apathy. It is important to strive to be your best self, your healthiest, most productive, joyful self. But that is going to be a different answer to everyone.
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
If I let my self care, all I feel is pain.
I've always tried to stay true to my authentic self.
With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.
The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.
True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.
A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.
Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed.
