Quotes About Self

Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.

The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of vanity and over-self-contemplativeness.

We are always boosting or trying to prop up the ego by fulfilling some desire or other, and always craving affirmation from the outside.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.

How rash to assert that man shapes his own destiny. All he can do is determine his inner responses.

You can begin to shape your own destiny by the attitude that you keep.

We can't control our destiny, but we can control who we become.

Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel - I am the carpenter of my own soul.

It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

You make yourself what you are. You have control of your own destiny.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

That which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.

You are the Master of your own Destiny

A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world.

You can't allow other people to define your purpose or your destiny.

I tend to think that you fulfill your own destiny, whether you realize it or not.

I had not yet learned that we make our own destiny, it springs from within us. It is not the outward events but what we allow ourselves to make of them that count.

It is best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.

We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour Assures not another. The will and the power Are diverse.

Each of us holds human destiny in our hands. It will be completely determined by how the mind feels about itself.

Choices, the greatest power we have, Choices, the path which is destiny, Choices, the result which is you... .

Destiny is a stubborn maiden. She likes herself just the way she is.