Quotes about yourself
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“The more you expect, the more you become a slave and chained down by your desires of wishing more for yourself.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Promotion is everywhere, even when it comes on practising and choosing the best religion for yourself.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Religion

“You have to decide everything for yourself, then God will assist you in your cause.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

God

“By drinking water, you are essentially informing yourself. Even if you are not yet at the point to be able to be consciously aware of what information you are absorbing, that information the water contains is being transferred to your being.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

Source: tealswan.com/quotes

Drink, Water

“When you think or speak about yourself, when you say, “I,” what you usually refer to is “me and my story.” This is the “I” of your likes and dislikes, fears and desires, the “I” that is never satisfied for long. It is a mind-made sense of who you are, conditioned by the past and seeking to find its fulfillment in the future.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003)

Fear, Thinking, Sense, Past

“When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the “I Am” that is deeper than name and form.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003), Chapter 1 Silence and Stillness

World, Sense

“The most difficult part was letting yourself ignore the lies your eyes told. Eyes were like children. If they had nothing to say, they made things up.”

Jim C. Hines (1974) American writer

Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Quest (2004), Chapter 7 (p. 128)

Children, Parting

“Life is to be lived within the limits of your knowledge and within the concept of what you would like to see yourself to be.”

Burt Lancaster (1913–1994) American actor and producer

other quotes

Life, Knowledge

“Every human being has been conditioned to think and behave in certain ways– conditioned genetically as well as by their childhood experiences and their cultural environment. That is not who they are, but that is who they appear to be. When you pronounce judgment upon someone, you confuse those conditioned mind patterns with who they are. To do that is in itself a deeply conditioned and unconscious pattern. You give them a conceptual identity, and that false identity becomes a prison not only for the other person but also for yourself.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003), Ch 8

Way, Thinking, Appearance, Childhood

“Something of its essence then transmits itself to you. You can sense how still it is, and in doing so the same stillness arises within you. You sense how deeply it rests in Being–completely at one with what it is and where it is. In realizing this, you too come to a place of rest deep within yourself.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003), Ch 7

Sense

“Whenever you are able, have a “look” inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your external circumstances at that moment–where you are, who you are with, or what you are doing–and your thoughts and feelings. Can you feel how painful it is to internally stand in opposition to what is?”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003), Chapter 6 Acceptance and Surrender

Pain, Feeling

“Most people's lives are run by desire and fear. Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be yourself more fully. All fear is the fear of losing something, and thereby become diminished and be less. These two movements obscure the fact that being cannot be given or taken away. Being in its fullness is already within you, now.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003), Ch 5

People, Fear

“Finding that dimension frees you and the world from the suffering you inflict on yourself and others when the mind-made “little me” is all you know and runs your life. Love, joy, creative expansion, and lasting inner peace cannot come into your life except through that unconditioned dimension of consciousness.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003), Ch 2

Love, Life, World, Peace

“I am a huge bodybuilder from Africa. I have met mickey mouse once in Disneyland which had given me the courage to push along as now my max for bench has increased to 50 and squat max is also 50. This just goes to show how hard you can push yourself.”

#1 Broncos Fan

Courage

“Loosing your love is okay
loosing your best friend is okay
but loosing yourself for getting them back is not okay.”

Attiah

Love

“Ignorance is not everlasting…
To overcome it, one must make an effort.
Educating yourself is mandatory…
you are malleable!
To be honest…who wants to be in this type of bliss?”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

Education, Effort

“Don't run after anyone.
Be Yourself.
Do what you do best.
Be true to yourself.
Have good karma.
The right people will come your way eventually
and remain in your life.
Friendship on the onset is like a seed.
It is what you put into it that makes it
grow beautifully into a thriving
flower.”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

Life, Friendship, People, Way

“Try to maintain a healthy life and not push yourself over the edge.”

Stephie Pahlavi Zan

Life

“Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all others can't stop you. The only one who stops you is yourself.”

Jeffrey Gitomer (1946) American writer

Problem

“The law of giving and receiving is simply this: In a universe where the most absolute truth is that of oneness, you can not ever take, without taking from yourself. And you cannot give without giving to yourself. That is why those who give, get back and those who take, are taken from.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

Source: tealswan.com/quotes

Truth, Law, Universe

“The only way to cope with other people's disconnection (because it is so painful) is to become disconnected yourself. But then you become part of the problem. You make the world more dangerous and less conducive to the wellbeing of all life on earth.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

Source: tealswan.com/quotes

Life, Pain, People, World

“(COMMITMENT) " You have money, you can't manage yourself neither the money rather, what is the absence of it then?. " -Engr. Abah Sule”

Engr.Abah Sule

Money

“Allow yourself to call forth all the joy and wonder that life can bring you, in whatever form you happily choose!”

Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer

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Life, Joy

“The heart is the bridge between the mind and the soul. First get out of your mind and into your heart space. From there it is a quick jump into your soul. When you are in your heart space with another, that is when you can have a real soul talk. When you are in your heart space with yourself, that is when you can experience connecting with your soul at a very deep level. That is when you can experience communion with God.”

Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer

God, Soul, Heart

“Do your best. That's all you can ask of yourself. If you did your best and things just didn't work out, you don't owe an apology to anyone. And you certainly don't need to feel 'bad' about it -- or, worse yet, guilty.”

Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer

Feeling

“The statement "I have no choice" is a lie. Be honest with yourself as to why you are choosing to do a particular thing. Then, do it gladly, knowing that you are always getting to do what you want. You can choose. Isn't that power?”

Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer

Lie

“Many of us are becoming disconnected from Earth, we are becoming desensitized from mother nature. By moving into our bodies we ground ourselves, developing a greater awareness and appreciation for life. Loving yourself grounds you, because you let go of social anxiety, you see—you are enough.”

Ralph Smart

Love, Life, Nature

“It's a good idea to carry a small mirror in your pocket, which will give you a reflection of yourself before you judge others.”

Titon Rahmawan

Idea

“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Happiness, Strong, Suffering, Waiting

“Enjoy yourself whilst you read!”

Jacqueline Wilson (1945) novelist

Reading

“It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself”

Roald Dahl (1916–1990) British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter

Feeling

“You try to give away what you want yourself.”

Lois McMaster Bujold book Memory

Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Memory (1996)

“If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.”

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship

Beauty, Evil

“You have to let yourself be fully present in every moment. Just be awake for it, do you know what I mean? Go all in and wring every last drop out of the experience.”

Jenny Han book P.S. I Still Love You

Source: P.S. I Still Love You

“Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail…”

Sophie Kinsella (1969) British writer

Life, Smile

“If ever asked to look at yourself, don't.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“Going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that.”

Ernest Hemingway book The Sun Also Rises

Source: The Sun Also Rises

Country

“it is nice that nobody writes as they talk and that the printed language is different from the spoken otherwise you could not lose yourself in books and of course you do you completely do.”

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays

Books

“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.”

Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer

“At some point, being angry is just another bad habit, like smoking, and you keep poisoning yourself without thinking about it.”

Jonathan Tropper (1970) American writer

Thinking

“Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do.”

John Steinbeck book East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

Way

“Here, cover yourself with this and I'll wash your shorts."

"Oh, I don't care if you see me," says Peeta.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it,’ said my mother. 'Put yourself in the way of beauty.”

Cheryl Strayed book Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Source: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Beauty, Way, Good Morning

“It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.”

Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones

“You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside you is unsure. You turn into the person others need you to be.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Source: Vanishing Acts

Confidence, Strong, Personality

“Then why haven’t you killed yourself? (Astrid)
Why should I? The only enjoyment I have in my life is knowing I piss off everyone around me. If I were dead, it would make them all happy. God forbid I should ever do that. (Zarek)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon book Dance with the Devil

Source: Dance with the Devil

Life, God, Happiness, Dead

“I miss her. I don't know how to live without her. There is a hole inside me that nothing fills.
If you don't find something to fill that hole, someone else will. And if someone else fills it, they own you. Forever. You'll never get yourself back.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Dreamfever

“How could you let yourself be sidetracked while I was waiting for your breath on my back?”

Anna Gavalda book I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

Source: I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere

Waiting

“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

Life, Cheating

“Guard yourself and your conscience no one else will and know that a bad decision at the right time can destroy you far more surely than any bullet!”

James Clavell book King Rat

Source: King Rat

Decision, Time

“Like all of my fictions, Sinner is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.”

Ted Dekker (1962) American writer

“Play your part in the comedy, but don't identify yourself with your role!”

Wei Wu Wei (1895–1986) writer

Why Lazarus Laughed: The Essential Doctrine, Zen — Advaita — Tantra (1960)

Parting

“We're not ourselves, are we? I'm certainly not myself, not anymore. And you're not either. You don't seem yourself. Not as I remember you.”

David Nicholls book One Day

Source: One Day

“You are James Herondale, said Uncle Jem. As you always were. Part your mother, part your father, part yourself. I would not change any part of you if I could.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

Source: Nothing but Shadows

Change, Parting

“You have a choice. Live or die.
Every breath is a choice.
Every minute is a choice.
Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Survivor

Variant: Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be. Every time you don't throw yourself down the stairs, that's a choice. Every time you don't crash your car, you re-enlist.
Source: Survivor

Cars, Time

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

Scott Adams (1957) cartoonist, writer

Source: Books, The Dilbert Principle (1996)

Art, Back To Work

“The only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.”

Haruki Murakami book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Way

“He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only, and no knowing.”

Aidan Chambers book Postcards from No Man's Land

Source: Postcards from No Man's Land

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”

Joseph Conrad book Heart of Darkness

Source: Heart of Darkness

Reality, Chance

“You have to find a mother inside yourself. We all do. Even if we already have a mother, we still have to find this part of ourselves inside”

Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees

Source: The Secret Life of Bees

Parting

“Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.”

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893–1952) Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship

“I think the important thing to remember is that all relationships benefit from a bit of breathing room. Especially friendships. It's only when you find yourself without the women who understand you that you realize there are very few women who will.”

Megan Crane (1973) American novelist

Source: Frenemies

Women, Friendship, Understanding, Thinking

“What's the point of having great knowledge and keeping them all to yourself?”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

Source: Why We Want You To Be Rich: Two Men, One Message

Knowledge

“In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.”

Tom Hodgkinson (1968) British writer

Source: The Freedom Manifesto

World

“Discipline yourself and others won't need to.”

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

“You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.”

James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States

World

“Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.”

Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature

Life, Loneliness

“Angel is right,"said Dr. G-H quickly. "This is my clumsy way of demonstrating."
"Demonstrating what?" I was barely able to keep a snarl out of my voice. "How to get yourself beat up in one easy step?”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Fang

Angels, Way

“Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.”

Paulo Coelho book The Pilgrimage

Source: The Pilgrimage

Learning, Teachers' Day

“If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.”

Brandon Sanderson Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Source: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Heart

“It’s very difficult to feel contempt for others when you see yourself in the mirror.”

Harold Pinter (1930–2008) playwright from England

Feeling

“Lie to yourself until it's true.”

Jodi Picoult book Nineteen Minutes

Source: Nineteen Minutes

Lie

“If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world”

Paulo Coelho book Aleph

Source: Aleph

World, Peaceful

“Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very crazy and very right--just to dare yourself to live. I don't mean doing something stupid and destructive--just something fun and good and beautiful.”

Regina Doman (1970) American writer

Source: The Shadow of the Bear

Stupidity, Beauty

“Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else's. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else's journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?”

Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944) American academic

Way

“She was becoming sad. There is no joy involved in following others' expectations of yourself.”

Miriam Toews (1964) Canadian writer known for novels set in the Mennonite community

Sadness, Joy

“If you wouldn't follow yourself, why should anyone else?”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

Source: The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization

“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity… you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others”

Robert Greene book The 48 Laws of Power

Source: The 48 Laws of Power

Life, World, Feeling, Nature

“I think in a moment of weakness, you might surprise yourself.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Mine Till Midnight

Thinking

“Once thing goes wrong, then the whole house of cards collapses. And there's no way you can extricate yourself. Until someone comes along to drag you out.”

Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun

Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun

Way, Housing

“What doesn't kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more pain, the more pompous you get. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you incredibly annoying”

Rob Sheffield (1966) American music journalist

Source: Love Is a Mix Tape

Pain, Time

“I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.”

Gregory Maguire book Son of a Witch

Source: Son of a Witch

Hate

“Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty… For what task, then, were you yourself created?”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Horse

“You have to let go of who you were to allow yourself to become who you are.”

Stacy London (1969) television host and author from the United States

“The therapists told you that you needed to find happiness within yourself before you got it from another person.”

Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story

Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story

Happiness, Personality

“If you’re purely after facts, please buy yourself the phone directory of Manhattan. It has four million times correct facts. But it doesn’t illuminate.”

Werner Herzog (1942) German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director

Time

“A man must feel he runs things, but as long as you control yourself, you control him.”

Jacqueline Susann book Valley of the Dolls

Source: Valley of the Dolls

Feeling

“You underestimate yourself.”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Shadow

Ender's Shadow

“No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside.”

Haruki Murakami book What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you.”

Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian

Happiness, Funny

“Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be left waiting for us in our graves-or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.”

Ayn Rand book Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

Dreams, Waiting

“Life, in her experience, had a kind of velvet luster. You looked at yourself from one perspective and all you saw was weirdness. Move your head a little bit, though, and everything looked reasonably normal. She believed she couldn't hurt anybody as long as she was only working.”

Jonathan Franzen book The Corrections

Source: The Corrections (2001)

Life, Hurt

“Fact: upon locking yourself our of your apartment you will immediately need to use the bathroom. Fact: and then you will stand in place and watch your door. You will just stare. As though rebuffed by it. As though it has done this to you.”

Augusten Burroughs Possible Side Effects

Source: Possible Side Effects

“When will you have a little pity for every soft thing that walks through the world, yourself included.”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

Source: Blue Pastures

World

“Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.”

Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943) American biographer

People, Fear

“Easy there," Zach said when I stumbled into him. "Now's probably not the time to get handsy. You might want to control yourself.”

Ally Carter Out of Sight, Out of Time

Source: Out of Sight, Out of Time

Time

“Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

People, Tear

“How do you fight someone smarter than yourself?" Rand whispered. "The anser is simple. You make her think that you are sitting down across the table from her, ready to play her game. Then you punch her in the face as hard as you can.”

Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time

Source: The Gathering Storm

Game, Thinking, Fight

“Sometimes you fight what you are, and sometimes you give in to it. And some nights you just don’t want to fight yourself anymore, so you pick someone else to fight.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Incubus Dreams

Source: Incubus Dreams

Fight, Night

“Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists.”

Warren Ellis (1968) English comics and fiction writer

Source: Doktor Sleepless, Volume 1: Engines of Desire

Dreams, Idea, Madness

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