Ambrose Bierce Quotes, War Quotes, Self Esteem Quotes

LOGOMACHY, n. A war in which the weapons are words and the wounds punctures in the swim-bladder of self-esteem - a kind of contest in which, the vanquished being unconscious of defeat, the victor is denied the reward of success.

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There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.

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Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

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It's up to each of us to get very still and say, 'This is who I am.' No one else defines your life. Only you do.

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Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self esteem or nerve, when we agonize about our diminished cosmic place and purpose, or when fanaticism is bubbling up around us - then, habits of thought familiar from ages past reach for the controls.

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We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from these heights. It is the falls we are ashamed of. Self-esteem is the cause of our shame, of our fall. It is this self-esteem that must be understood, and not the fall.

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When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.

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The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.

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What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

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My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.

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Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

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And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.

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lack of self-esteem is what causes wars because people who really love themselves don't go out and try to fight other people ... It's the root of all the problems.

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Imagination builds the image of the self, and thought then functions within its shadows. From this self-concept grows the conflict between what is and what should be, the conflict in duality.

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If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

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Inscribed on the temple of Apollo

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All the extraordinary men I have ever known were chiefly extraordinary in their own estimation.

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The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment.

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You never exist quite so much as when you are not thinking

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A good run adds a little bounce to my step. I get a certain amount of self-esteem from it.

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