Quotes About Self

The bully mind is not capable of loving or respecting others nor can it love or respect itself. Life's subtleties and the means of survival require its pretense of both these qualities.

Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.

My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see.

Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game

Self-respect,--the corner-stone of all virtue.

She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect it.

The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.

You have to really respect your path, or you will lose your mind.

If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself.

When you start really respecting yourself, those you love, and your money, the result is that you start having control over your money. What follows from that is control over your life.

In fully accepting your creative power, you honor and respect your soul and remind others to do the same.

You can only ask to be respected if you respect yourself.

You are greater than you can possibly imagine, if you would only free yourself up to imagine.

In order to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself.

Humility is one of the best expressions of self respect.

our thoughts have to be accountable to our self

We must remember that we cannot change others, we can only change ourselves.

Romantic love is an obsession. It possesses you. You lose your sense of self. You can't stop thinking about another human being.

I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me

I will go to the garden. I will be a romantic. I will sell myself in hell, in heaven also I will be.

We are all the heroes and heroines of our own lives. Our love stories are amazingly romantic; our losses and betrayals and disappointments are gigantic in our own minds.

You are you. You are not a label. As an individual you have a unique place in my heart and mind.

To get what I wanted I became the monster I've always hated...