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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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There is nothing in all the world greater than freedom. It is worth paying for; it is worth losing a job for; it is worth going to jail for. I would rather be a free pauper than a rich slave. I would rather die in abject poverty with my convictions than live in inordinate riches with the lack of self respect.
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There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
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There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
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There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial.
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There were days I could barely struggle into a size 46 or 48, months of larges and XXLs, and endless rounds of leggings with the elastic at the waist stretched to its limit and beyond - topped with the fashion equivalent of a tea cozy. And always black, because I was in mourning for my slimmer self.
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There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude - confidence in self.
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There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.
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These are big trade-offs for a simple piece of cake - add five hundred calories, subtract well-being, allure, and self-esteem - and the feelings behind them are anything but vain or shallow.
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They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
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This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
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Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.
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Thus we feign the continu’d existence of the perceptions of our senses, to remove the interruption; and run into the notion of a soul, and self, and substance, to disguise the variation.
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To be a Sufi is to cease from taking trouble; and there is no greater trouble for thee than thine own self, for when thou art occupied with thyself, thou remainest away from God.
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To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
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To be sure an European woman would blush to her fingers ends at the very idea of appearing publicly stark naked; but education and prejudice are everything, since it is an axiom, that where there is no feeling of self-reproach, there can assuredly be no shame.
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To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination.
Ending Racism Killing Rage -
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (2013) 108
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