To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
Abu Bakr
FightEvilSelfGreaterAgainst
Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield.
Bruce Springsteen
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
Francis Bacon
FriendManSelfDifferenceCounsel
I didn't think I could be my imperfect self. I pretended I was Marcia, so I was always playing this role. I became her, but yet I wasn't. It's strange.
Maureen McCormick
ThinkSelfStrangeAlwaysHerRole
I reveal all of myself. I bring all of myself to my roles. You only see me. You don't see anything else but me. That is who's there. They're manifestations of my own self.
Holly Hunter
MyselfMeSelfYouMy OwnSee
In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and, at the same time, to assign to him my own life trajectory.
Edmund White
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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
Arthur Helps
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Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
Aesop
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A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before.
Jean-Francois Lyotard
SelfNowIslandMoreComplexFabric
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Henri Frederic Amiel
RespectHumilitySelfOthersWithout
I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help.
Barton Gellman
TechnologySelfHelpSecurityExpert
I have found, in my life experience with President Trump, when he's out there himself and he's being his fresh, authentic self, it's very appealing to the people of the United States.
Anthony Scaramucci
LifeExperiencePeopleSelfMy Life
Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it.
Edward Carpenter
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Anger can be a useful emotion; it's built into our genetic code to help with self preservation. But it can also be destructive, even when it is justified.
Michael Hayden
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And I've come to the place where I believe that there's no way to solve these problems, these issues - there's nothing that we can do that will solve the problems that we have and keep the peace, unless we solve it through God, unless we solve it in being our highest self. And that's a pretty tall order.
Glenn Beck
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It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.
Anne Tyler
ChildrenMeWritingSpeakSelfDown
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Elaine Dundy
LoveGreatSelfTo LoveAlmost
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
Mencius
GreatManSmallSelfGreat ManWho
Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved.
Greg Lake
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He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
Benjamin Franklin
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Comedy has allowed me to be my 100-percent-true self, as opposed to other places, where I feel like that's been a hindrance. Whether it's music or poetry or hosting, people want you to be something else: they want you to be packaged in a certain way.
Amanda Seales
MusicPoetryPeopleMeSelfComedy
I think that's what makes a successful marriage: a mindful sense of self and the ability to make clear choices to stay together or choices not to.
Goldie Hawn
MarriageTogetherChoicesThinkSelf
We can only take it so far, because man can only take it so far, lower self can only take it so far, and you have to realize that the public is only at a certain place.
Alice Cooper
ManSelfYouPlaceRealizeTake
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