Quotes About Self

I am Savani.

Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.

Every man is a hero of his own story.

Power was an illusion of perception, as Jasnah had said. The first step to being in control was to see yourself as capable of being in control.

So, you're worried about what?" M-Bot said. "That your shadow might take your place?" "No," I whispered. "I worry that I'm already the shadow.

He sat staring at the door for a long time. He wasn't wearing a hat, which meant he had to just be himself. The true him, the one that knew this pain. They'd ridden together on many a dusty path. This pain had been his invisible friend since childhood. The pain of knowing what he really was. The pain of being worthless.

Live, David," he said softly. "Live your life." "I'm doing that," I grumbled. "No. You are letting Steelheart live your life for you. He controls it, each step of the way. Live your own life.

Empathy is an emotional loss leader. It pays for itself eventually.

Your ego doesn't count as a separate individual, Shallan.

Because every path we walk changes us, Spensa

Lock a man in prison, and you might stop him from committing crimes. Teach a man to respect himself and his community, and you stopped everyone he might have taught, recruited, or bullied.

I could not become a dragon. I am an utter and complete failure.

You get to choose who you are.

You command respect by being who you are." My face got warm. "I don't feel like that," I said. "Yeah," Rig said. "I guess none of us really believe the good things about ourselves, do we?

Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself.

I cannot miss my own existence—by definition. So why would I fear it?

She took my other sense of taste. The important one. And with it went my sense of humor, my sense of decorum, my sense of purpose, and my sense of self. The last one stung the most, since it appears my sense of self is tied directly to my wit. I mean, it's in the name

The more faces we wear the more confused they become.

Los recuerdos son fósiles, huesos dejados por versiones muertas de nosotros mismos.

Envejecer era en realidad sufrir la traición definitiva, la del propio cuerpo contra uno mismo.

Of course, Wax thought, starting to climb, what am I but a pile of blood and meat that gets up and walks around?

Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.

Joseph Campbell wrote, "If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.

The Ham-Foldover Debacle:.....you make yourself the center of something that has nothing to do with you, out of your own fear or scarcity, only to be reminded that you're not the axis over which the world turns