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Maybe I'm a little callous, a little insensitive, a little self-centered, but hey, that's how I roll.
As you would be kind to others, be kinder to yourself as well.
Self-care is never a selfish act - it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.
Sometimes self-assertiveness is manifested through volunteering an idea or paying a compliment; sometimes through a polite silence that signals nonagreement; sometimes by refusing to smile at a tasteless joke.
The truest self-respect is not to think of self.
I am selfish. I am brave.
Fascinatingly confident, rude people are great.
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect
Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious.
Someone who is self assured celebrates the accomplishments of others.
The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge.
The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul.
Selfish is the name the jealous give to the free.
No one is self-made
Only if you're kind to yourself, can you be kind to others.
It was me, only me. Self-contained, self-reliant, and always, unquestionably self-assured.
Any selfish person can light up a room. But a truly selfless person leaves the room (without saying goodbye to anyone) right before they get in a bad mood. See the distinction?
Self-contempt is a serpent that ever gnaws at one's breath, sucking the life-blood from one's own heart and mixing it with the poison of misanthropy and despair.
Selfless giving involves time. It takes a bit of time to care and share yourself with the universe.
Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.
All our acts, reasoned and unreasoned, are selfish
I am my own self.
If you are not selfish you will not be altruistic, remember.
Selfless giving is being nice and there are times we don't want to be.
It is very noble hypocrisy not to talk of one's self.
a virtuous person,
Self-righteousness means you don't see yourself or the other person with accuracy. It means you see his or her speck as a log and your log as a speck. So you are condemning of him or her and excusing of yourself. You treat the other person with judgment while you respond to yourself with patience.
Dedicated selfless people shape the future
The self is made, not given
Self-righteousness is the inevitable fruit of simple moral judgments.
[I]t would be a niceness that was enforced leniently, patiently and gracefully, with the sort of unflappable self-certainty [they] couldn't help displaying when all its statistics proved that it really was doing the right thing.
The opposite of self-assertiveness is self-abnegation
abandoning or submerging your personal values, judgment, and interests. Some people tell themselves this is a virtue. It is a "virtue" that corrodes self-esteem.
The self is a
self-made
Procrustean bed
of little comfort
Selfless giving is friendliness. An attitude towards life, a reverence for life. It is one of the highest of all ways.
The world of the egotist is, inevitably, a narrow world, and the boundaries of self are limited to the close horizon of personality ... But, within this horizon, there is room for many attributes that are excellent ...
Selfie-centered person!
A selfless act out of even the purest desire to do for others, will be selfish in the satisfaction and happiness it brings to one doing it.
How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion!
Clearly here was someone, like me, who tended to stumble through life and managed to see the funny side of situations. Someone who, like me, was fairly shy, yet not averse to expressing his opinions; someone who unlike me had a developed sense of his own worth and had the effrontery to convey it.
I am. selfish. I am brave. I am
Divergent.
Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.
Do not own negative self-talk.
Fault, impeccably mannered, and had no real
Intelligent? Kind?
He had the superficial kindness of a good-humored, self-satisfied nature, that fears no rivalry, and has encountered no contrarieties.
People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness.
It's about time we stop mistaking self-knowledge for self-absorption - and realize that nobody has a monopoly on selfishness.
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.
Self is for sacrifice and service.
I do not like to be unkind.
Kindness to self will put you in the perfect attitude and position to be kind to others.
The basis of good manners is self-reliance.
What a joy to meet and be around with people who're self-aware with healthy self-esteem. They embrace you and make your stay with them enjoyable.
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.
In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still find myself a self-subsisting and alas! self-seeking me.
An egotist always resents meeting another egotist as if he alone had the right to be one.
There are selves too big for one person to contain. You cannot call them selfish. There is nothing -ish about such selves. They are the self, as it were, itself.
When we're kind to ourselves, we create a reservoir of compassion that we can extend to others. Our children learn how to be self-compassionate by watching us, and the people around us feel free to be authentic and connected.
Self-giving is the only pathway to a meaningful life in this world and is the habit of heart that leads us into the world to come, but it is the opposite of the egocentric grasping we see increasingly around us.
If you act for self-gain then no good can come of it. If you act selflessly, then you act well for all and you must not be afraid.
I'm a Self-made Woman in Every Sense of the Word
So often, we leave the selfless side of ourselves for nights and weekends, for our charity work. It is our duty to inject that into our day-to-day business, into the work that we do, to improve corporations, to improve civil society, and to improve government.
Folks say I'm egotistical. Hell, I don't even know what it means.
The self is every person's true enemy.
I pride myself on being kind.
Only when you can feel contempt for your own priceless little ego, only then can you achieve the true, broad peace of selflessness, the merging of your spirit with the vast collective spirit of mankind. There is no room for the love of others within the tight, crowded miser's hole of a private ego.
If I wasn't compassionate toward myself, no one else would be either. It had to start within.
when you are kind to others, you are kind to yourself!
Doing something nice for myself is not selfish.
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.
I am trying to be kind instead of right.
Honourable is right.
Men have been taught that the ego is the synonym of evil, and selflessness the ideal of virtue. But the creator is the egotist in the absolute sense, and the selfless man is the one who does not think, feel, judge or act. These are functions of the self.
I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.
There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice.
Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.
In self-giving you must be so careful of egotism. You must be so careful when you are aiding others in their liberation not to have a sense of self.
Charm of the most insidious kind: humorous, self-deprecating, and disarmingly frank and confiding.
Be kind as if you are born to be kind.
The Fourth Truth, brothers, is that selfishness can be extinguished by following an eightfold path: right understanding, right purpose, right speech, right conduct, right occupation, right effort, right attention, and right meditation.
As most of us know, the proper attitude toward ourselves is called "good self-esteem." But self-esteem is
an art. An art of balance. A balance between thinking too little of ourselves, and thinking too much of
ourselves.
The name for thinking too much of ourselves is "egotism.
No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.
I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen only to ourselves while we are carrying on a conversation with others as it is to talk to ourselves while we are alone.
The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from here to there on word lines.
I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.
Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.
The most self-serving thing one can do is live their life selflessly. Selflessly give your experience. Selflessly give your knowledge. Selflessly give your time. Selflessly give whatever it is you have to give. And the world will rise to meet you.
The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.
How wise must one be to be always kind.
From self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged;
Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.
At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people.
Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.
When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.
Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.
It's not selfish to give TO yourself as much as you give OF yourself
You don't lose yourself being selfless - you find yourself.
Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves ... then are surprised when they are alone.
Patience graciously, compassionately and with understanding, judges the faults of others without unjust criticism.