Quotes with self-understanding

Quotes 481 till 500 of 876.

  • 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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  • Buzz Aldrin Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Carmen Agra Deedy Read, read, read. Read good books. You will strengthen your understanding of story. Your vocabulary will be the richer for it.
    Carmen Agra Deedy
    American author of children’s literature
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  • Caleb Deschanel Reality in movies is the reality of the story you're telling, so it may not match the reality as we know it, but the reason there's art is that it tries to bring some kind of understanding of all the suffering and joys and pain that we go through. Storytelling brings some value to it.
    Caleb Deschanel
    American cinematographer and director (1944 - )
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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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  • John Locke Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Bobbie Ann Mason Rock and roll is about desire, about wanting something better. I think my characters all want something better. My understanding of the rock and roll dream is that a kid in an isolated place or a small town or an underprivileged world could transcend it somehow.
    Bobbie Ann Mason
    American novelist and short story writer
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  • Ronald Laing Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.
    Ronald Laing
    unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927 - 1989)
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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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