Quotes with self-serving

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  • Thomas Szasz Psychoanalysis is an attempt to examine a person's self-justifications. Hence it can be undertaken only with the patient's cooperation and can succeed only when the patient has something to gain by abandoning or modifying his system of self-justification.
    Thomas Szasz
    American psychiatrist (1920 - 2012)
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  • Marshall Mcluhan Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.
    Marshall Mcluhan
    Canadian professor and philosopher (1911 - 1980)
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  • Bruno Bettelheim Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
    Bruno Bettelheim
    Austrian-born psychologist, scholar and author (1903 - 1990)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Denis Waitley Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Barbara Sher Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
    Barbara Sher
    American speaker, lifestyle coach, and author (1935 - 2020)
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  • Aeschylus Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Boris Kodjoe Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.
    Boris Kodjoe
    Austrian-American actor, producer (1973 - )
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  • Barbara Hall See, that's all you're thinking about, is winning. You're confirming your sense of self- worth through outward reward instead of through inner appreciation.
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    Barbara Hall
    American television writer and producer (1960 - )
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  • Plato Self conquest is the greatest of victories.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Claude M. Bristol Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy.
    Claude M. Bristol
    American writer
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  • Achille Poincelot Self-abnegation is a trait most often seen in women, rarely in men.
    Achille Poincelot
    French aphorism writer
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  • Wayne Dyer Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Billy Graham Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Aesop Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Phillips Brooks Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children.
    Phillips Brooks
    American Minister, Poet (1835 - 1893)
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  • Samuel Johnson Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Ian McEwan Self-consciousness is the destroyer of erotic joy.
    Enduring Love (2010) 102
    Ian McEwan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • John Dryden Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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