People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

Quote by Eric Hoffer

Topics: Self Sabotage Quotes

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by...

Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by...

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the...

While no one is expected to leap tall buildings in a single bound, our aspiring...

While no one is expected to leap tall buildings in a single bound, our aspiring...

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we...

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we...

Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.

Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance...

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious in order to advance...

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work,...

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work,...

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we...

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we...