Self Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old self quotes, self sayings, and self proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Just be yourself. Tiger Woods
Be yourself--not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be. Henry David Thoreau
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. May Sarton
Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else. Judy Garland
By choosing to be our most authentic and loving self, we leave a trail of magic everywhere we go. Emmanuel
Choose your self-presentations carefully, for what starts out as a mask may become your face. Erving Goffman
To realise the Self is to be still. Ramana Maharshi
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. Dame Edna Everage
You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way. Richard Bach
Don't be perfect. Be you. Don't be what you think they want you to be. Be what you know you are. Don't look outside yourself for anything. It's all within. Jackson Kiddard
The self is only that which it is in the process of becoming. Kirkegaard
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. John Dewey
Don't compare yourself to others, but be inspired by them. Leo Babauta
The authentic self is the soul made visible. Sarah Ban Breathnach
Your level of belief in yourself, will inevitably manifest itself, in whatever you do. Les Brown
The greatest gift you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention. Anthony J. D'Angelo
When I accept myself... I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me. Steve Maraboli
You go against yourself when you judge or blame yourself for anything. Don Miguel Ruiz
The burden of the self is lightened when I laugh at myself. Rabindranath Tagore
The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore. C. JoyBell C.
Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought, he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. James Allen
There are only a few who control themselves and their affairs by a guiding purpose; the rest do not proceed; they have merely swept along like objects afloat in a river. Seneca
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after your own, but a great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-belief must be balanced with self-awareness. Sam Altman
Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you. Lilly Singh
People wear all sorts of things, but the best part is the part that's on the inside. That's what's really you— the person inside. Fred Rogers
To keep going when it's tough is important. To believe in yourself no matter what is vital. Maxime Lagacé
In doing good, one does it to himself; in doing evil one does it to oneself. Tamashek Wisdom
As we are social beings, the self is also the society that makes us. So, at the time, you only think of yourself but you also think of a part of the self which is formed, which response. Maryse Conde
Revolution begins with the self, in the self. The individual, the basic revolutionary unit must be purged of poison and lies that assault the ego and threaten the heart. Toni Cade Bambara