Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

SELF-IMAGE

You were born an original. Don't die a copy. …….John Mason

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. ……Raymond Hull

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ……e. e. cummings

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be. . …..Fanny Brice

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. …..Julius Charles Hare

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. ……… Ralph Waldo Emerson
The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. ……Lao Tzu
“Be yourself” is about the worst advice you can give some people. …….Tom Masson

Do not wish to be anything but what you are,
and try to be that perfectly. ….St. Francis De Sales

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. ……Maxwell Maltz

The first and best victory is to conquer “Self” …..Plato

To the world you might be one person,
But to one person you might be the world. ……..Casey

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight,
Is the battle to be just You. …… Leo Buscaglia

There are three things that are extremely hard;
Steel, a Diamond and to know One’s Self ….Benjamin Franklin

If you do not conquer Self, You will be conquered by Self. ….Napoleon Hill
Always be a first-rate version of yourself;

Instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. …..Judy Garland

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. …..Carl Jung

It is as hard to see one's self
as to look backwards without turning around. ……Thoreau

To the world you might be one person,
But to one person you might be the world. ……..Casey

The hardest battle you're ever going to fight,
Is the battle to be just you. …… Leo Buscaglia

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. …Maxwell Maltz

Self-image is the key to Human Personality and Human Behavior. ….Carl Sandburg

A strong positive Self image is the best preparation for success. ….Joyce Brothers

I think it’s one of the scars in our culture, that we have too high a Self image. …Angela Carter

It is terrible to destroy a person’s Self image;
In the interest of truth or some other abstraction. ……Doris Lessing

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the Self image of their personnel. ….Sam Walton

This above all; to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not be false to any man. …… William Shakespeare

It is wisdom to know others;It is enlightenment to know one's self. …..Lao Tzu

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. Aristotle

Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement. …..Baltasar Gracian
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. ..….Khalil Gibran
The most difficult thing in life is to know Yourself. …….Thales of Mileus

Self-Knowledge alone is the direct cause of Liberation. …….. Sankaracharya

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. ……Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man, know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God. …… Pythagoras

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