Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is there must we ever be. – Christopher Marlowe
‘Harry Potter’ gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else. – J. K. Rowling
If I’m being forced to do something I don’t want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I’m aware of it, no matter what happens, I’m always going to have a fake self, and I’m not going to judge my fake self. – Benjamin Clementine
I just feel lucky to have grown up where I did because I think it gave me a nice base. Hollywood can really mess with your sense of self and I feel like coming from the South keeps me pretty grounded. – Amber Benson
I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself. – August Wilson
If the landscape changes, then I don’t know who I am either. The landscape is a refracted autobiography. As it disappears you lose your sense of self. – Iain Sinclair
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one’s self on lies and fables. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. – Abu Bakr
Worrisome thoughts and their resulting feelings are a form of self strangulation. They not only strangle your emotions. They affect your physical life as well, and your ability to focus and get things done. – Andrew J. Bernstein
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. – Aldous Huxley
Sometimes you just do things and let your natural self become a part of what you’re doing. – Clarence Clemons
The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me. – Anchee Min
Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values. – Abraham Maslow
It’s in the act of having to do things that you don’t want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego. – bell hooks
To lose one’s self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes. – Antoine Rivarol
A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die. – Bernard Berenson
I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help. – Barton Gellman
I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that’s other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that’s it. – Chris Christie
True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can. – Alexander Pope
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. – Billy Graham
If I see myself on a worst-dressed list – and I’ve been on many of them – I tend to have low self esteem for 24 hours. I just like to feel comfortable, and I like being excited about whatever it is I’m wearing. I hate subjecting myself to that kind of criticism! – Busy Philipps
I’ve been doing a lot of different cross-training and kickboxing and Capoeira and kite surfing, and I’ve just really been back to what I consider my original athletic self. – Alanis Morissette
If egotism means a terrific interest in one’s self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. – Arnold Bennett
Drugs have nothing to do with the creation of music. In fact, they are dumb and self indulgent. Kind of like sucking your thumb! – Courtney Love