Quotes About Self

Look out for Number One. If you don't, no one else will.

I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside.

The spiritual self of each of us is that part of us that will never grow old, or ill, or die, but it must be nurtured and invigorated!

I don't see myself as an object, I see myself more as a fantasy to men.

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.

Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain.

The 'I think' which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the 'I breathe' which actually does accompany them.

You can't observe as much if you're observed by others.

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.

I've always been obsessed with health and fitness and hence been a firm believer that change needs to begin from the inside!

I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I can't say it came from hard-nosed business analysis... It was just something I really want to see built.

Boxing is the embodiment of who I am, but beyond that, this is a journey of the self, and my obsession to get the most from this short life.

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.

When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy.

You cannot intellectualize yourself out of obsession. You cannot cure yourself of it.

Every time I step into the ring there is a different obstacle but I'm very confident in myself and my ability.

I'm done with the nicknames. Actually, when I obtain my doctorate, I will not allow people to call me Shaq anymore, either.

I think it's really important for artists in general to invest in themselves. And I view my schoolwork as something I'm investing in for me. And I'm my own product as an actor. There's a kind of career that I want, and I feel like I'm making choices to obtain that.

Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated.

People have a lot of control over their ability to rise to the occasion and to show their best or their aspirational selves.

Obviously I have propagated the occasional myth about myself, because the real me, I'm not worth knowing.

I HATE EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT IN MYSELF

He was full of love—for himself, first, and his prowess—such a fine power at his age. Then, he felt a degree of love for her—