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Self-awareness of one's faults, far from being the first step to growth, is very often the second foot in the mud. — Bauvard

Gratitude promotes good well-being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; — Anonymous

Being brave and self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside ... It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you. — Sarah Dessen

The good thing about being old is not being young. — Stephen Richards

The known unseen within becomes structural in what is seen: a being functioning as a self, in person, in this world. — John De Ruiter

Because no one ever wanted to admit to being in love. Love was too confusing and traitorous to the self. Too dangerous. — Kendra L. Saunders

A human being is never what he is but the self he seeks. — Octavio Paz

Searching nature I taste self but at one tankard, that of my own being. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness. — Louise Hart

Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it "just being you". — John Wooden

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. — Ernest Hemingway,

Happiness being surrounded by good friends and family at a BBQ. — Richie Norton

I have learnt that we expect honesty and genuineness from others, while not being honest and genuine with our own self. — Aisha Mirza

When they say "Be yourself," which self do they mean? — Rob Brezsny

We cannot love others as others unless we possess suficient self-love, a love we learn from being loved in infancy. — Judith Viorst

Shall you live authentically who you are or will you spend your allotted living the life of someone you imagine your self to be? — Earl R. Smith II

Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding — Nicolas Gomez Davila

On any day - in any given event - you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100% — Rasheed Ogunlaru

We do not learn for the benefit of anyone, we learn to unlearn ignorance. — Michael Bassey Johnson

If we being to ready the Bible daily; we will awake the divinity of our souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

...being in the same room with someone you love that is dying is to watch a part of your own self die. — Keith Rommel

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

An important part of becoming your best self is being very careful about your self-talk and self-stories. — Bryant McGill

When we persist in looking for and finding what there is to value within our self, we discover a pure and loving being. — Hugh Prather

Believe in your sacred self: strength of your being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The hard part about one being tough yet meek is the illusion of being a punching bag. — Criss Jami

I have the luxury, I suppose, of being self-employed. But I know what it's like to apply for jobs. — Alexander McCall Smith

Always be you! Just never think you can always be you without consequence. — Darnell Lamont Walker

Self-loathing doesn't keep me from being happy. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle. — Megan Fox

Being dishonest to himself is the biggest crime any human can make — Loknath

Divinity exists in every soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy. — Mohsin Hamid

I wish I could show you ... the astonishing light of your own being. — Hafez

Wherever you walk, stand or sit, do it with self-confidence and be firmly convinced: I am a singer! Being tentative is one of the deadly theatre sins. — Marita Knobel

Happiness then, is found to be something perfect and self sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed. — Aristotle.

[He] made me feel lonely, and being alone with another person is much worse than being alone all by yourself. — Lindy West

There are a lot of advantages to being self-taught. Quality of instruction is not one of them. — Ted Leeson

Sunday was always the best of days for being the self you had intended to be, but were not, for one reason or another. — Jesse Ball

Neither you, nor me, are "just vampires." Being vampires is just a part of what we are. There is no need to feel bound and chained by it. — Tomu Ohmi

I don't think my paintings are self-conscious but you feel the consciousness of them. Without them being self-conscious. — Julian Schnabel

Writing is like being in a dream state or under self-directed hypnosis. It induces a state of recall that - while not perfect - is pretty spooky. — Stephen King

I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer. — Will Self

The difference between self love and being in love with yourself is that one results in giving and the other in taking. — Jeffrey Fry

All the material wealth cannot be substituted for the spiritual, physical, emotion and mental well-being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To improve your being, appreciate yourself for simplest of reasons. — Debasish Mridha

What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self? — Henrik Ibsen

Lies don't make you happy. They just make you lie about being happy. — Stefan Molyneux

If lies comfort, and truth disturbs - self is being agitated as a result of prideful living. — T.F. Hodge

G. I. Gurdieff, "Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson"
So-and-so-and-so-must-be; do-not-do-what-must-not-be.
Mullah's favorite saying. p. 598 — Gurdieff

Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being. — Elvis Costello

Sometimes, when you're not being a jerk, I like you so much it hurts. I like the way your true self comes out when you think no one else is looking. — Kylie Scott

Gratitude leads to wellness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's better to risk being disliked for living your truth than to be loved for what you are pretending to be. — Dawn Gluskin

The problem with being an employee or self-employed is you pay the highest taxes. — Robert Kiyosaki

Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you ... — Banana Yoshimoto

Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect. — Matthew Parris

Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect. — Jo Brand

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self. — Albert Einstein

You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. — Richard Bach

Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home. — Janet Fitch

Religion of the Self [Soul] is that where no difficulty or trouble arises for anyone or any living being of 'our' own accord. — Dada Bhagwan

The sage is sick of being sick (Tao Te Ching) — Robert Baohm

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential. — Sheryl Sandberg

You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Being self-owned is a state of mind. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Modelling, it's being an artist as well. It's just being a silent artist. It takes a lot of self-control and a lot of discipline. — Jessica White

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being. — Elizabeth Edwards

The months of being disingenuously friendly and the resulting self-hatred taught me that self-confidence cannot be based on the approval of others. — Mark Twight

Among the earliest forms of human self-awareness was the awareness of being meat. — David Quammen

What is really scary is running naked inside yourself, revealing the real you. — Wes Adamson

Being your authentic self exudes a quiet confidence. — Sam Owen

You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death. — Gena Rowlands

Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed. — G.K. Chesterton

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self All I'm really. — Robin S. Sharma

Being a good communicator Patch, begins with listening, and listening to yourself first. — Michele Jennae

There's a different film being made in every mind. And of course, the star of the film is the mind, the personality, the self. — Frederick Lenz

I want to be a well-rounded human being with none of these knotty lumps of rage and guilt and self-disgust. — Nick Hornby

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. — Mahatma Gandhi

The skeptic, being a lover of his kind, desires to cure by speech, as best he can, the self-conceit and rashness of the dogmatists. — Sextus Empiricus

I was used to being perceived as having a good attitude. Self-control, self-effacement, self-denial. People like this, especially in girls. — Stephanie Grant

I'm on the path to being someone I'm equally terrified by and obsessed with. My true self. — Troye Sivan

Holistic self-realization is the realization of your heart's desire. Why holistic? Because it involves your entire being. — Stefan Emunds

I while away my time wishing I were someone else when simply being me is the most magnificent thing I could ever wish to do. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

No one human being knows the full truth about another human being. Not even one's nearest and dearest. — Agatha Christie

You can prepare for any challenge, if you daily nurture your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Any self-realized being has access to the dynamic genius which nature gives all beings. — Bryant McGill

Being gay is not just what I do, but who I am. It is part of how I choose to live my life even if I never chose. — Johnny Rich

In these circumstances they did what most of us do, and, being ignorant of the truth, persuaded themselves into believing what they wished to believe. — Arrian

Be thankful for what you capable of being. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand. — Benjamin Disraeli

If you can't be liked being kind, then be hated being cruel. — Joshua Teya

The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself. — G.I. Gurdjieff

When you're truly happy, you are being yourself. — Robert Holden

In leaving Hollywood and coming to New York, I feel I can be more myself. After all, if I can't be myself, what's the good of being anything at all? — Marilyn Monroe

Never apologize for being you. — Shelley Coriell

A true legacy is established over a lifetime and relates to what a human being does for others, not for himself. — Bill Courtney

Self-esteem cannot be directly injected. It needs to result from doing well, from being warranted. — Martin Seligman

It's rather a strong check to one's self-complacency to find how much of one's right doing depends on not being in want of money. — George Eliot

All we really want in the end is to be connected once again with the Truth of our being, to realize what it is that wears this mask of self. — Adyashanti