Quotes about Self
Cicero famously said, you have no choice between having a philosophy and not having one, only between having a good one and having a bad one. And not to admit that you have a philosophy at all is to have a bad one. For it is one that does not know itself. So how could it know anything else, especially us?
- Peter Kreeft
No man who bothers about originality will ever be original; whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence about how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self.
- Peter Kreeft
our ego is not God. In fact, it is often wrong, because it is fallen, foolish, and faithless.
- Peter Kreeft
Many people talk about the mind-body connection and how what we think can affect our physical self. What I have found, even more than the mental connection, is that the emotions rule the body.
- Mandy Ingber
I don't really feel like I have anybody to answer to but myself and God and the people I love.
- Clay Aiken
I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.
- Marilyn Monroe
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
- Confucius
Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings…it's something we make inside ourselves.
- Corrie Ten Boom
Who do we believe in more? Ourselves or God? Our actions and decisions will reflect that.
- Craig Groeschel
But the Bible teaches us that our heart deceives us and is desperately wicked. At its core, our heart is all about self—not Christ. It's about what's temporary—not eternal. It's about what's easy—not what's right. It's obsessed with what we want—not what God wants.
- Craig Groeschel
You do what you do because of what you think of you.
- Craig Groeschel
In ten years, we will each look in the mirror, and someone will stare back. That person will be shaped by the thoughts of today.
- Craig Groeschel