Quotes about Self
In almost every story, the fiercest battles often take place within.
— Camron Wright
We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.
— Carl Jung
In fact it seems to me as if that alienation which so long separated me from the world has become transferred into my own inner world, and has revealed to me an unexpected unfamiliarity with myself.
— Carl Jung
Sacrifice always means the renunciation of a valuable part of oneself, and through it the sacrificer escapes being devoured.
— Carl Jung
You should be he himself--not Christians, but Christ.
— Carl Jung
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
— George Eliot
In esse I am nothing; in posse I am everything.
— John Adams
At every single moment of one's life, one is going to be no less than what one has been.
— Oscar Wilde
The End of every maker is himself.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
It is easy - terribly easy - to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that, to break a man's spirit is devil's work.
— George Bernard Shaw
I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life.
— Bede Griffiths
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