The self quotes on this page are all from sources and authors surnames N through to R. The other pages are: A & B, C to E, F to I, J to M, S & T, U to Z. For positive words of wisdom about the self from unknown sources there is the Self Sayings page.
Self Quotes: N
Mikhail Naimy 1889 – 1988
Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.
Native American
Listen to the wind.. It talks.
Listen to the silence.. It speaks.
Listen to your heart.. It knows.
Native American – Cherokee
Learn to know and like yourself. Learn to be your own best friend.
O Great Spirit, Help me always:
To speak the truth quietly
To listen with an open mind when others speak
And to remember the peace that may be found in silence.
Seth & LucyNative American – Cheyenne
Our first teacher is our own heart.
Native American – Lakota
Teach me how to trust my heart, my mind, my intuition, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit. Teach me to trust these things so that I may enter my sacred space and love beyond my fear, and thus walk in balance with the passing of each glorious sun.
Native American – Ute
Earth teach me quiet… as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering… as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility… as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring… as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage… as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation… as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom… as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance… as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal… as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself… as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness… as dry fields weep with rain.
God gives us each a song.
Michael Neill 1966
You are the expert on you.
Jason Nelson
I express who I am by simply Being it.
Earl Nightingale 1921 – 1989
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Gunilla Norris
Within each of us there is a silence, a silence as vast as the Universe. And when we experience that silence, we remember who we are.
Christiane Northrup 1949
Illness is often a sign that you need to make an adjustment in your life path.
My body and its condition are a barometer that is always trying to tell me which direction to go for my maximum creativity, health and fulfilment. And, because I’m human, I get off track now and again, but I can always get back on.
True health is only possible when we understand the unity of our minds, emotions, spirits and physical bodies.
Your beliefs are stronger than your genes.
Julian of Norwich 1342 – 1416
All is well with my Soul.
Self Quotes: O
Orin-Sanaya Roman
As you become aware of the beauty of your Soul, you will know how special, unique and perfect you are.
Orin-Sanaya Roman
Spiritual growth involves developing the ability to understand yourself and to act in higher ways. Do not make yourself wrong if you have a lot of turbulence in your life; see it as an opportunity to grow and know more about yourself.
Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life.
You strengthen people as you surround them with your loving thoughts.
Self Quotes: P
Chuck Palahniuk 1962
You’re a different human being to everybody you meet.
Swami Paramananda 1884 – 1940
Self-realization means that we have been consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong.
John Paul II 1920 – 2005
A human being is a single being, unique and unrepeatable.
Anna Pereira
It’s okay to change your route. Along the way of walking your current path, isn’t it rather exciting to think.. I have found something more interesting, more fantastic, more me.
Katy Perry 1984
I’m wide awake, need nothing to complete myself.
You don’t have to feel like a wasted space. You’re original, cannot be replaced. If you only knew what the future holds, after a hurricane comes a rainbow. Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed, so you could open one that leads you to the perfect road.
John-Francis Phipps
No authority of any kind can ever know the truth of our own experiences and perceptions… and therein lies our Power.
Pablo Picasso 1881 – 1973
The meaning of life is to find your gift.
The purpose of life is to give it away.
Chris Pine 1980
I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you.
Rabbi Pinhas
In everyone there is something precious, which is in no one else.
Pleiadians-Barbara Marciniak
Everything changes when you start to emit your own frequency rather than absorbing the frequencies around you, when you start imprinting your intent on the Universe rather than receiving an imprint from existence.
It is time for you to make a commitment to create joy, creativity and love for yourself, only then will you benefit others, for if you do not evolve yourself, you do not serve others. By becoming a living example, by following what is in your heart, you show the way for others to follow with courage, what is in their hearts.
Learn to use the material of your own history to show yourself something. Without judgement joyously move through life rather than create soap operas that keep you starring in the same re-runs.
You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited.
Linda Poindexter
Sometimes you become stronger just by turning around and walking away.
John Powell
God sends each person into this world with a special message to deliver, with a special song to sing, with a special act of love to bestow.
James Van Praagh 1958
Based on our natural heritage as the Divine Light of God, every one of us possesses intuition… defined as the language of the Soul.
Our connection with our intuitive self is ever present and always a part of ourselves.
There is a higher more powerful part of you. Your higher self will come through your intuition, coincidences and synchronicity of all kinds.
James Van Praagh 1958
We use intuition as a way to connect with our Divine Self.
Pierre Pradervand
Above all, don’t forget to bless the utterly beautiful person you are.
Elvis Presley 1935 – 1977
Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.
Roman Price
If you’re still looking for that one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.
Marcel Proust 1871 – 1922
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.
Jacqueline E. Purcell
You must unlearn what you have been programmed to believe since birth. That software no longer serves you if you want to live in a world where all things are possible.
Pythagoras 570BC – 495BC
Respect yourself… The rest will follow.
Self Quotes: Q
Nido Qubein
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
Self Quotes: R
Osho Rajneesh 1931 – 1990
Each person comes into the world with a specific destiny. He has something to fulfill some message has to be delivered, some work has to be completed. You are not here accidentally, you are here meaningfully. There is a purpose behind you. The Whole intends to do something through YOU.
Find ecstasy within yourself. It is not out there. It is in your innermost flowering. The one you are looking for is you.
One has just to be oneself. That’s my basic message. The moment you accept yourself as you are, all burdens, all mountainous burdens, simply disappear. Then life is a sheer joy, a festival of lights.
Karen Ravn
Only as high as I reach…can I grow
Only as far as I seek…can I go
Only as deep as I look…can I see
Only as much as I dream…can I be
Mary Lou Retton 1968
Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and keep it lit.
Stephen Richards
Your core, lying deep within you, is what makes you what you are. Some call it the Soul, the Higher Self, the True Self, the Being and so on. The name is unimportant once you realize that you are more than your looks and outward appearance.
Cheryl Richardson 1964
Be true to what matters most to your heart.
Cheryl Richardson 1964
Forgiveness releases you from a past that no longer defines you . Allow yourself to move on.
I bring a loving presence to everyone I meet and everything I do.
Stop hiding your Light. The world needs your illumination.
You are an artist.
The canvas is your life.
Make something worth staring at.
You don’t need to get anywhere or be anything more than the beautiful Soul that you already are.
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 – 1926
Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows.
Our heart always transcends us.
The only journey is the one within.
Anthony Robbins 1960
A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.
Begin to live as though your prayers are already answered.
Beliefs are a huge source of power. You can choose what to believe about yourself, and these beliefs will determine the actions you take. The important thing is to choose beliefs that support you and give you hope and energy.
Anthony Robbins 1960
Beliefs are very powerful, so you’ve got to be careful about what you choose to believe, especially about yourself.
Every problem is a gift.. Without problems we would not grow.
Anthony Robbins 1960
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
It’s what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.
Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.
The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.
There is a force that controls all your decisions. It influences how you think and feel every moment you’re alive. It determines what you will do and what you will not do. It determines how you feel about anything that occurs in your life. That force is your beliefs.
To make profound changes in your life, you need either inspiration or desperation.
Your past does not equal your future.
Francois de la Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
John Roger
Above all, practice being loyal to your Soul.
John Roger
One way you can learn to maintain the Soul centre, which is oneness with God, is to bring together all aspects of your life’s expression in the attitude of loving.
When you are happy, when you are laughing, when you are loving, the radiance of your Soul shines through.. And all are lifted by it.
Samuel Rogers 1763 – 1855
Never less alone than when alone.
Jim Rohn 1930 – 2009
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
Your level of success will rarely exceed your level of personal development, because success is something you attract by the person you become.
Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 – 1962
Friendship with oneself is all important.
Gabrielle Roth 1941 – 2012
Ride the energy of your own unique spirit.
J. K. Rowling 1965
We don’t need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
Don Miguel Ruiz 1952
Be immune to others opinions… What others say and do is a projection of their own reality.
Don Miguel Ruiz 1952
Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.. Help someone’s Soul heal.
Do not feel lonely… The entire Universe is inside You.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
I belong to no religion. My religion is Love. Every heart is my temple.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
If Light is in your heart, you will find your way home.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen.
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
Love is the bridge between you and everything.
Set your life on fire… Seek those who fan your flames.
We rarely hear the inward music, but we’re dancing to it nevertheless.
What comes will go. What is found, will be lost again. But, what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description. You are it.
Whatever happens.. Just keep smiling and lose yourself in love.
Wherever you stand… Be the Soul of that place.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
Why are you knocking at every door? Go, knock at the door of your own heart.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
You are not a drop in the ocean… You are the entire ocean in a drop.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
You are searching the world for treasure… but the real treasure is yourself.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
You have wings.. Learn to use them and fly.
You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck.
Jalal Uddin Rumi 1207 – 1273
You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust.
You were born with ideals and dreams.
You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don’t.
You have wings… Learn to use them and fly.
Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.
Your thoughts are a veil on the face of the moon. That moon is your heart, and those thoughts cover your heart. So let them go, just let them fall into the water.
