(80 quotes found)
“He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude”
Aristotle
“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.”
Simone de Beauvoir
“I love you, but I love myself more.”
Sex and the City
“Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”
Ann Landers
“We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.”
Paul Valery
“Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a favor, and vise versa.”
Karl Menninger Dr.
“I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.”
Muhammad Ali
“She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises”
William Congreve
“Don't forget to love yourself.”
Soren Kierkegaard
“Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and featur”
Viktor Frankl
