Quotes About Self

I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.

Without possessions, success, fame; who are you?

If we're going to conquer our opponents, we must first conquer our own fears.

Self confidence is the ground stone of success

Happiness or unhappiness is the secret known but to one's self and the walls—walls have ears but no tongue;

los pobres muchachos eran tan felices que sólo pensaban en sí mismos, y no tenían ojos más que para aquel hermoso cielo que los bendecía.

being able to conceal from himself the ridiculous appearance that such a steed gave him, good horseman as he was. He had sighed deeply, therefore, when accepting

There are other things to fear, Monsieur,' Villefort said, 'apart from death, old age and madness. For example, apoplexy, that lightning bolt which strikes you down without destroying you, yet after which all is finished. You are still yourself, but you are no longer yourself: from a near-angel like Ariel you have become a dull mass which, like Caliban, is close to the beasts. As I said, in human language, this is quite simply called an apoplexy or stroke.

Now, I'm ridiculously attached to my head, seeing that it seems to go rather well with my shoulders.

old age is boastful; and it is pardonable for old men to praise themselves when others no longer do it.

Now, I entertain a ridiculous partiality for my head, it seems to suit my shoulders so correctly.

Não conheço outra verdade senão a dos meus desejos.

I had rather mistrust my own capacity than God's justice.

In such an admirable position of the New World, man has no other enemy than himself.

In democratic society each citizen is habitually busy with the contemplation of a very petty object, which is himself.

Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

Yes, no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

You must own nothing but yourself.

So true is it that all sin is ultimately against the Lord; so bitter is the root of self; and so terrible the power of evil in its constantly growing strength, till it casts out all fear of God or care for man.

I'm frightened of my own movies.

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be.

but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not.