Quotes with self-deception

Quotes 401 till 420 of 689.

  • Albert Ellis Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
    - +
     0
  • Florence King Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.
    Florence King
    American Author, Critic (1936 - 2016)
    - +
     0
  • Carlos Castaneda Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
    Carlos Castaneda
    American author and anthropologist (1925 - 1998)
    - +
     0
  • Bob Rae Self-interest is a necessary but hardly a sufficient basis for a decent society.
    The Three Questions - Prosperity and the Public Good (1998) Ch. Four, Self-Interest and the Public Interest: T
    Bob Rae
    Canadian diplomat, lawyer and negotiator (1948 - )
    - +
     0
  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
    - +
     0
  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
    - +
     0
  • Jane Austen Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
    - +
     0
  • Charles Buxton Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
    Charles Buxton
    British writer (1823 - 1871)
    - +
     0
  • Sally Kempton Self-love depressed becomes self-loathing.
    Sally Kempton
    American yoga teacher and author (1943 - )
    - +
     0
  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
    - +
     0
  • Lord George Byron Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
    - +
     0
  • Karl Menninger Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a favor, and vise versa.
    Karl Menninger
    American psychiatrist ( - 1990)
    - +
     0
  • Samuel Johnson Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
    - +
     0
  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
    - +
     0
  • Anthony Powell Self-love seems so often unrequited.
    Anthony Powell
    English novelist (1905 - 2000)
    - +
     0
  • William Shakespeare Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
    - +
     0
  • André Maurois Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
    - +
     0
  • John W. Gardner Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
    John W. Gardner
    American Educator, Social Activist (1912 - 2002)
    - +
     0
  • Alfred Hitchcock Self-plagiarism is style.
    Alfred Hitchcock
    English moviedirector (1899 - 1980)
    - +
     0
  • Andrew Marvell Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
    Andrew Marvell
    English poet, satirist and politician (1621 - 1678)
    - +
     0
All self-deception famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 21)