Self
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Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act Dr. George Crane
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us OW Holmes
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind Dr. Seuss
Govern yourself and you can govern the world Chinese proverb
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates Thomas Szasz
We all think we are exceptional, and are surprised to find ourselves criticized just like anyone else Comtesse Diane
Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. Richard E. Byrd
None so empty, as those who are full of themselves Benjamin Whichcote
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers La Rochefoucauld
He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wink at small faults; for thou hast great ones Thomas Fuller
The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest W.D. Howells
He is strong who conquers others; he who conquers himself is mighty Lao-Tzu
We judge ourselves by our motives and others by their actions Dwight Morrow
Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is F.H. Bradley
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem Eric Hoffer
Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, scene-shifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain Julius Hare
Doubt whom you will, but never doubt yourself Christian Nestell Bovee
No really great man ever thought himself so William Hazlitt
I'll walk where my own nature would be leading; it vexes me to choose another guide Emily Brontë
The only things you regret are the things you didn't do Michael Curtiz
They are able because they think they are able Vergil
Wherever you go, go with all your heart Confucius
If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise Johann von Goethe
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. Julius Charles Hare
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she is not Ruth P. Freedman
To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections Sandra Bierig
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment Lao-tzu
The life which is unexamined is not worth living Plato
Learn what you are, and be such Pindar
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself Mark Twain
Do not wish to be anything but what you are Saint Francis de Sales
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision Eleanor Roosevelt
It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not André Gide
Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness Jean Vanier
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval Mark Twain
One must not hope to be more than one can be Nicolas de Chamfort
To understand is to forgive, even oneself Alexander Chase
A man who knows he is a fool is not a great fool Chuang-Tse
Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt Berthold Auerbach
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live Johann von Goethe
When a man begins to understand himself, he begins to live Norvin G. McGranahan
We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves William Styron
We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
To find the good life you must become yourself Dr. Bill Jackson
You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself William J.H. Boetcker
You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life Alex Hailey
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself Thales
We cannot all be masters William Shakespeare
From self alone expect applause Marion L. Burton
What a man thinks of himself, that is what determines, or rather indicates, his fate Henry David Thoreau
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent Eleanor Roosevelt
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can Lin Yutang
A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness Bernard de Fontenelle
To know oneself, one should assert oneself Albert Camus
I is who I is Tom Peterson
I am what I am, so take me as I am! Johann von Goethe
It is enough that I am of value to somebody today Hugh Prather