Strong Self Quotes:

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Quoted in Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.), 7 June 1941 See Channing 1

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Leadership, Empowering Women, Improve Self Esteem

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

- Winston Churchill

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Pushing On, Source Of Life

And if I fight, then for what?""For nothing easy or sweet, and I told you that last year and the year before that. For your own challenge, for your own mistakes and the punishment for them, for your own definition of love and of sanity - a good strong self with which to begin to live.

- Joanne Greenberg

source: Joanne Greenberg (2009). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel”, p.198, Macmillan

topic: Sweet, Strong, Mistake, Strong Self, Definition Of Love

If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

topic: Strength, Strong, Self, Strong Self

Banks have a strong self-preservation instinct and are quick to adapt to new regulations.

- Herve Falciani

source: Source: www.spiegel.de

topic: Strong, Self, Regulation, Strong Self, Self Preservation

We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to dominate, we will be defeated. The thought ,"I am still young and have a lot of time, so I can relax and take life easy" is a function of our own weakness.

- Daisaku Ikeda

topic: Strong, Self, Two, Strong Self

Researchers were surprised to find that people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did. . . . people with good self-control mainly use it not for rescue in emergencies but rather to develop effective habits and routines in school and at work.

- Roy Baumeister

topic: Strong, School, Self, Strong Self, Researchers

I think the reason I was able to get the jobs I did is because I worked for some very strong, self-possessed filmmakers who wouldn't listen to the executive-suited wisdom, and they believed in me from director to actor. Not from salesman to commodity.

- Joseph Gordon-Levitt

topic: Strong, Jobs, Thinking, Strong Self

Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility.

- Henri Nouwen

topic: Strong, Real, Humble, Strong Self

We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.

- Warren Christopher

topic: Strong, Self, Russia, Strong Self

You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.

- Paulo Coelho

topic: Life, Inspiring, Happiness, Strong Self, Belief In Self

Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The dramas we encounter are part and parcel of being human. If we experienced no change or drama in our lives, if nothing unexpected ever happened, we would merely be like automatons, our lives unbearably monotonous and dull. Therefore, please develop a strong self so that you can enact the drama of your life with confidence and poise in the face of whatever vicissitudes you may encounter.

- Daisaku Ikeda

topic: Strong, Drama, Self, Strong Self, Vicissitudes

Our tendency is to be strong, self-sufficient, and dependent on our own willpower, but rather than try harder, we should reach out to the God who is all-powerful…

- John Townsend

source: "Where Is God". Book by John Townsend, 2009.

topic: Strong, Powerful, Self, Strong Self

It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because one's own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care.

- George Eliot

source: George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.2804, Delphi Classics

topic: Love, Strong, Conceited, Strong Self, Self-satisfaction

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

- W. C. Fields

topic: Strong, Drinking, Exercise, Gin And Tonic, Gin

Many mammals and birds have systems for strong self-control, and it is not difficult to see why such systems were advantageous and were selected for. Biding your time, deferring gratification, staying still, foregoing sex for safety, and so forth, is essential in getting food, in surviving, and in successful reproduction.

- Patricia Churchland

source: "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.

topic: Strong Self