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| Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain. | Alexander Pope | 1688-1744, British Poet, Critic, Translator |
| No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. | Atwood H. Townsend | |
| Little by little, through patience and repeated effort, the mind will become stilled in the Self. | Bhagavad Gita | c. BC 400-, Sanskrit Poem Incorporated Into the Mahabharata |
| The self-styled intellectual who is impotent with pen and ink hungers to write history with sword and blood. | Eric Hoffer | 1902-1983, American Author, Philosopher |
| Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing. | John Locke | 1632-1704, British Philosopher |
| One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct. | Laurence Sterne | 1713-1768, British Author |
| The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the self in its quarrel with its society and its culture. Literature is in that sense subversive. | Lionel Trilling | 1905-1975, American Critic |
| Then I though of reading -- the nice and subtle happiness of reading ... this joy not dulled by age, this polite and nonpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, lifelong intoxication. | Logan Pearsall Smith | 1865-1946, Anglo-American Essayist, Aphorist |
| Patience means self-suffering. | Mahatma Gandhi | 1869-1948, Indian Political, Spiritual Leader |
| The best effect of any book, is that it excites the reader to self-activity. | Thomas Carlyle | 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher, Author |
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| People cannot realize how many chances for mental improvement they lose by their inveterate habit of keeping six conversations when there are twelve in the room. | Ernest Dimnet | 1866-1954, French Clergyman |
| It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them. | Henry James | 1843-1916, American Author |
| Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. | Alexander Graham Bell | 1847-1922, British-born American Inventor of Telephone |
| There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. | Benjamin Franklin | 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat |
| Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self. | Blum Ralph | American Author |
| Practice without improvement is meaningless. | Chuck Knox | American Football Coach |
| The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development. | Confucius | BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher |
| The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer. | Elias Canetti | 1905-, Austrian Novelist, Philosopher |
| The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind. | Francis H. Bradley | 1846-1924, British Philosopher |
| It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, ''Know thyself,'' and too often leads to a self-estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident. | George Eliot | 1819-1880, British Novelist |
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| The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement. | George F. Will | 1941-, American Political Columnist |
| Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. | George Gurdjieff | 1873-1949, Russian Adept, Teacher, Writer |
| One may understand the Cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. | Gilbert K. Chesterton | 1874-1936, British Author |
| The essence of greatness is neglect of the self. | James A. Froude | 1818-1894, British Historian |
| Never by reflection, but only by doing is self-knowledge possible to one. | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist |
| Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self-denial that goes into the acquisition of it. | John Morely | |
| Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. | John Updike | 1932-, American Novelist, Critic |
| It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient. | Josh Billings | 1815-1885, American Humorist, Lecturer |
| Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice. | Leigh Hunt | 1784-1859, British Poet, Essayist |
| Practice only makes for improvement. | Les Brown | 1945-, American Speaker, Author, Trainer, Motivator Lecturer |
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| Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. | Peter F. Drucker | 1909-, American Management Consultant, Author |
| We all knew there was just one way to improve our odds for survival: train, train, train. Sometimes, if your training is properly intense it will kill you. More often -- much, much more often -- it will save your life. | Richard Marcinko | American Business Author |
| Perseverance, self-reliance, energetic effort, are doubly strengthened when your rise to battle again. | Source Unknown | |
| Know yourself, master yourself, conquest of self is most gratifying. | Source Unknown | |
| Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority. | Tom Hopkins | American Sales Trainer, Speaker, Author |
| Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it. | Wayne Dyer | 1940-, American Psychotherapist, Author, Lecturer |
| Neither evil tongues, rash judgements, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us. | William Wordsworth | 1770-1850, British Poet |
| A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self-denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far. | B. C. Forbes | 1880-1954, American Publisher |
| Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. | Brian Tracy | American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman |
| Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life. | Brian Tracy | American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman |
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| The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self. | Elwyn B(rooks) White (1899-1985, | American Author, Editor |
| Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. | Foster C. Mcclellan | |
| Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. | Frank Moore Colby | 1865-1925, American Editor, Essayist |
| There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others. | George Shinn | |
| Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. | J. Donald Walters | American Author, Lecturer, Playwright |
| We've entered an era when very good, competent people aren't getting jobs. One remedy is to stand out, to self-promote. If you do, you're going to get the nod over some co-worker. | Jeffrey P. Davidson | American Marketing Consultant |
| I'm not a self-made man. I cannot forget those who have sacrificed for me to get where I am today. | Jessie Hill | American Business Executive, CEO of Atlanta Life Insurance |
| Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea. | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | 1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist |
| I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. | John Gotti | American Mafia Boss |
| We have for the first time an economy based on a key resource [Information] that is not only renewable, but self-generating. Running out of it is not a problem, but drowning in it is. | John Naisbitt | American Trend Analyst, Futurist, Author |
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