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SELF At age 20 we worry about what others think of us. At 40 we don't care what they think of us. At 60 we discover they haven't been thinking o...
SELFISHNESS
SELFISHNESS Ralph L. Woods: An ambitious farmer, unhappy about the yield of his crops, heard of a highly recommended new seed corn. He bought some and pro...
SELFLESSNESS
SELFLESSNESS Every young student knows of Isaac Newton's famed encounter with a falling apple. Newton discovered and introduced the laws of gravity i...
SELF-ACCEPTANCE
SELF-ACCEPTANCE Elizabeth Elliot, in her book Let Me Be a Woman, records the story of Gladys Aylward unable to accept the looks God had given her. Ms. Ayl...
SELF-CENTERED
SELF-CENTERED From an unknown source comes an article titled, "How To Be Miserable." It says, "Think about yourself. Talk about yourself. Use "I" as often...
SELF-CONTROL
SELF-CONTROL British statesman Edmund Burke argued, "men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains on t...
SELF-DECEPTION
SELF-DECEPTION A school teacher lost her life savings in a business scheme that had been elaborately explained by a swindler. When her investment disappea...
SELF-DEFEAT
SELF-DEFEAT The C.S.S. Hunley, a confederate submarine, was originally a boiler, which was made into a 60' long, cigar shaped sub. Eight men turned a...
SELF-DESTRUCTION
SELF-DESTRUCTION In 1982, "ABC Evening News" reported on an unusual work of modern art--a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in th...
SELF-DISCOVERY
SELF-DISCOVERY Rabbi Zusya years ago said, "In the world to come I will not be asked, 'Why were you not Moses?' I will be asked, 'Why were ...
SELF-ESTEEM
SELF-ESTEEM At the Pan American Games, Greg Louganis was asked how he coped with the stress of international diving competition. He replied that he climbs...
SELF-EXAMINATION
SELF-EXAMINATION Zeng Shen was young enough to be Confucius's grandson, yet he won high praise from the old sage. One of the sayings for which Zeng S...
SELF-FULFILLMENT
SELF-FULFILLMENT No illustrations yet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S...
SELF-IMAGE
SELF-IMAGE Once walking through the twisted little streets of Kowloon in Hong Kong, I came upon a tattoo studio. In the window were displayed samples of t...
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
SELF-IMPROVEMENT A while back on "The Merv Griffin Show," the guest was a body builder. During the interview, Merv asked "Why do you develop those particu...
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
SELF-KNOWLEDGE Know Yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. Ann Landers....
SELF-PRESERVATION
SELF-PRESERVATION A devout believer in astrology, French king Louis XI was deeply impressed when an astrologer correctly foretold that a lady of the court...
SELF-RIGHTEOUS
SELF-RIGHTEOUS A businessman well known for his ruthlessness once announced to writer Mark Twain, "Before I die I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy La...
SELF-SACRIFICE
SELF-SACRIFICE At lunch one day in a hotel with her son Reggie and his new wife, Gloria, Alice Vanderbilt asked whether Gloria had received her pearls. Re...
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SELF-SUFFICIENCY Dr. Andrew Bonar told me how, in the Highlands of Scotland, a sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get into places that they c...