Quotes About Self | QuotePlace

Self-complacency is fatal to progress.

Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

The aim of life is self-development. To realize ones nature perfectly — that is what each of us is here for.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work. When you spend time having fun, you know you're being self-indulgent.

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

Transformation does not start with some one else changing you; transformation is an inner self reworking of what you are now to what you will be.

Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.

The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.

To give ones self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.

The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.

You appeared before me and I lost my senses; you parted me even from my own self.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.