Having its own or a single nature or character, as in color, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed; as, a self bow, one made from a single piece of wood; self flower or plant, one which is wholly of one color; self-colored.
Same; particular; very; identical.
The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.
Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Golda Meir
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment. William Shakespeare
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou
