Quotes about yourself

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“When you start to live outside yourself, it's all dangerous.”

“Try to realize it's all within yourself,
No one else can make you change.
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows in within you and without you.”

“NO! Don't force yourself to be alone! If you're alive, you can meet that person, somewhere, someday! The person that will be glad that you're alive! You can't… you can't want yourself to die!! So… live…”

“Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it's right up there with grenades and cannonballs.”

“To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”

“You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.”

“You don't even realize you're living in a before until you wake up one day and find yourself in an after.”

“The only thing you can be is yourself nothing more nothing less”

“Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them.
This only looks like love.”

“And maybe you should stop pitying yourself,” he said. “Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two.”

“In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.”

“He took her face in his bloody hands. "I’ll come and find you wherever you are. I’ll not stop breathing until I do. So you’re going to have to promise me that you won’t lose hope. That you will keep yourself alive.”

“Desire consumes you, it takes you over. You forget yourself completely. All you can think about is the other, the one you desire, your self is just a fire.”

“Light came into the darkness, but the darkness didn't understand it," Susan said. "Look to the light. Only the light can save you from yourself.”

“If you limit your choice only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.”

“… If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151)”

“You have to believe in yourself despite the evidence.”

“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.”

“If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon”

“The real cycle you're working on is a cycle called yourself. The machine that appears to be "out there" and the person that appears to be "in here" are not two separate things. They grow toward Quality or fall away from Quality together.”

“As long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve.”

“There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let other people decide who you are. Decide for yourself.”

“Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.”

“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”

“As you say of yourself, I too am an Epicurian. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us.”

“You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't see who that is anymore, then see yourself the way I see you.”

“What you leave behind is the people you loved. You leave yourself in them.”

“you only know yourself when you go beyond your limits”

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Humble people are so focused on serving others, they don't think of themselves.”

“After all, the appeal to stop being yourself, even for a little while, is very great.”

“The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it’s making peace with yourself.”

“I think we're made up of all these different pieces and every time someone goes, you're left with less of yourself.”

“It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.”

“Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.”

“Force yourself to explain it and you create lies.”

“Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable.”

“I suppose it’s comfort, perhaps a sense of self-control, doing worse things to yourself than the world will ever dare inflict.”

“Try to see yourself with power. Not power so that you can get even with anybody else. Power so that you can become even with your vision- Maya Angelo”

“Many of us have made our world so familiar that we do not see it anymore. An interesting question to ask yourself at night is, What did I really see this day?”

“Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn’t even comfort yourself?”

“Hey, Mikey? You get her hurt and I'll end you."
"You let anything happen to Eve and I'll do the same," Michael said. He'd just finished kissing Eve, too. "While you're at it, don't get yourself killed, either, bro."
"Ditto. And don't kiss me.”

“To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself.”

“Never trouble another for what you can do yourself”

“Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.”

“Middle school is for being like everyone else; middle age is for being like yourself. (430)”

“Being in Love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person.”

“Mortal, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in all my years, it’s this: lies are curses you place on yourself.”

“Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.”

“…I said everything that matters… Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.”

“i believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try and make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. then you write for who you love whether they can read or write or not and whether they are alive or dead.”

“Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise.”

“Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for”

“Think about yourself at least once in your life otherwise you may miss the best comedy in this world.”

“Y'all take care of yourself now… strange and interesting friends are hard to find.”

“It is impossible to meet God without abandon, without exposing yourself, being raw.”

“There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.”

“Now is a time for change, a time to become the greatest version of yourself. And a time to to make your grandest vision of the world.”

“Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.”

“The two important things that I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.”

“so whatever you want to do, just do it… Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.”

“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”

“You got to be right with yourself before you can be right with anybody else.”

“There is a story, always ahead of you. Barely existing. Only gradually do you attach yourself to it and feed it. You discover the carapace that will contain and test your character. You will find in this way the path of your life.”

“The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.”

“You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.”

“Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.”

“Keep your lips and other body parts to yourself or you’ll be headless. (Apollymi)”

“if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he'll eat all the fish you may have caught for yourself”

“We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.”

“Write in recollection and amazement for yourself”

“If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.”

“Holly frowned at her. "Glad to see you've forgiven yourself so quickly."
"Harboring feelings of guilt can have a negative affect on mental health."
"Child geniuses," growled Holly.
"Genii," said Minerva.”

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura”

“Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest”

“But every once in a while, from out of the blue, someone reaches the quiet place where you spend your private time and changes the way you see yourself”

“I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and… everybody's hot”

“Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.”

“Tamaki: Having the courage to be able to admit what you love… enjoying what you love… and being true to yourself… Isn't that also what it means to be strong?”

“Why d'ye talk to yourself?'
'It assures me of a good listener.”

“When it comes to believing in yourself, put your eye on the mark and don’t blink. If you have a goal, a dream, or an aspiration…believe in yourself while you are on the way to your destination, and you will have already arrived.”

“Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.”

“There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.”

“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”

“Because if you stay true to yourself and live your life boldly, someday you might be able to meet someone who will want to eat takoyaki with you more than anyone else.”

“To make real friends you have to put yourself out there. Sometimes people will let you down, but you can't let that stop you. If you get hurt, you just pick yourself up, dust off your feelings, and try again.”

“Never underestimate yourself”

“Don't beat yourself up," said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion…”

“Gossip says she hanged herself from the turret on the tower, but when you have a house like Hill House with a tower and a turret, gossip would hardly allow you to hang yourself anywhere else.”

“You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.”

“Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.”

“The truth is that the first changes are so slow they pass almost unnoticed, and you go on seeing yourself as you always were, from the inside, but others observe you from the outside.”

“Nothing else has any efficacy, I might as well be myself.
- But your yourself sucks!
- It is, lamentably, all I have.”

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although
difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”

“I'm delirious," said Howl. "Spots are crawling before my eyes."
"Those are spiders," said Sophie. "Why can't you cure yourself with a spell?"
"Because there is no cure for a cold," Howl said dolefully.”

“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”

“Please do not strain yourself, Miss Doyle. I won't have my girls going cross-eyed in the name of art.”

“why do you condemn a man whom you have never met, whom no one knows and about whom even you yourself know nothing?”

“If, instead, you find yourself often pitying someone who consistently hurts you or other people, and who actively campaigns for your sympathy, the chances are close to 100 percent that you are dealing with a sociopath.”

“It's much easier to get over someone if you can delude yourself into thinking you never really cared that much.”