#elf

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#allowing #i #journey #longer #love

To know oneself is to disbelieve utopia. ↗

— Michael Novak

#know #oneself #utopia

I've heard all kinds of crazy rumors about myself. I've even heard that I'm pregnant! I've become real good about laughing things off - I figure I'd better get used to it. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#become #better #crazy #even #figure

I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years. ↗

— Sigrid Undset

#i #into #myself #resistance #rolled

I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#bitterness #i #love #myself #open

I had low self-esteem. ↗

— Jennifer O'Neill

#i #low #low self-esteem #self-esteem

Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. ↗

— Johnny Unitas

#believe #bragging #conceit #confidence #done

When you think yours is the only true path you forever chain yourself to judging others and narrow the vision of God. The road to righteousness and arrogance is a parallel road that can intersect each other several times throughout a person's life. It’s often hard to recognize one road from another. What makes them different is the road to righteousness is paved with the love of humanity. The road to arrogance is paved with the love of self. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#self-righteousness #life

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

#discipline #i #i love #love #myself

Lord of myself, accountable to none, but to my conscience, and my God alone. ↗

— John Oldham

#alone #conscience #god #lord #myself