4,826 Quotes About Self

What you think I think of you is what you think of yourself

You're afraid. Of yourself more than anyone else in the world.

I am the prayer.

She was afraid to want things for herself. She didn’t think she deserved them.

It is a worthy quest to not simply develop a sense of identity, but become the magnanimous version of the self.

There is no greater deception than self-deception and no greater misery than self-pity. Self-pity is self-destructive. Overcome the false self by discovering your true self.” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD

Almost every sane person is at least two different people.

I told her a bit about unicycles. “The unicycle is the ultimate symbol of autonomy—with the adversity of only having one wheel, there is a struggle to move forward. When you grow more comfortable with your knowledge of the mechanics of the bike and the lay of the land, you learn to manoeuvre gracefully on any terrain life can throw at you. It’s the same as the test of gaining your own autonomy.

Some people are kinder to strangers than they are to themselves.