Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.
People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.
Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
Deep down, the Iraqi people want the United States out. And their self-determination should be respected.
Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.
Happiness does not consist in self-love.