Quotes with self-praise

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  • William Gilmore Simms Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
    William Gilmore Simms
    American poet, novelist and historian (1806 - 1870)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Never by reflection, but only by doing is self-knowledge possible to one.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Millicent Fenwick Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching he proper ears.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Theodore Parker Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.
    Theodore Parker
    American minister (1810 - 1860)
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  • Sir Max Beerbohm No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    British Actor (1872 - 1956)
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  • C. Day Lewis No good poem, however confessional it may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?
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  • A. Lawrence Lowell No laws, however liberal, will release us from our self-imposed taxes.
    A. Lawrence Lowell
    American educator and legal scholar (1856 - 1943)
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  • John S. Bonnell No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.
    John S. Bonnell
    American pastor
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  • George Bernard Shaw No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Peace Pilgrim No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Robert Wilson No one is more interesting to anybody than is that mysterious character we all call me, which is why self-liberation, self-actualization, self-transcendence, etc., are the most exciting games in town.
    Robert Wilson
    American theater stage director and playwright (1941 - )
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  • Susan B. Anthony No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex.
    Susan B. Anthony
    American women's rights activist (1820 - 1906)
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  • Brene Brown Normally, when someone we love is turning away from a struggle, we self-protect by also turning away. That's definitely my first response. I think change is more likely to happen if both partners have common language and a shared lens to see problems.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Saskya Pandita Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.
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  • Demosthenes Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
    Demosthenes
    Greek statesman and orator (382 - 322)
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  • Bill Walsh Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
    Bill Walsh
    American football coach (1931 - 2007)
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  • Walter Benjamin Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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