Self Sabotage Quotes

• Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.

  Alyce Cornyn-Selby

  Procrastination, Self, Hands

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• Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen.

  Alyce Cornyn-Selby

  Self, Want Something, Sabotage

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• The question "Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage?" is
  one you must consistently ask yourself if you are committed to having all
  that you want and all that you deserve. When you love yourself you feel
  worthy and deserving of claiming the gifts of this world. Self-love gives you
  peace of mind and balance. Self-love gives you self-respect and the ability
  to respect others. It gives you the confidence to stand up and ask for what
  you want. Self-love is the main ingredient in a successful, fulfilled life.

  Debbie Ford

  Love You, Love Life, Successful

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• But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

  John Donne

  Executioners, Sabotage, My Own

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• When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and evolving to a higher level - that's when panic strikes. When we experience panic, it means that we're about to cross a threshold. We're poised on the doorstep of a higher plane.

  Steven Pressfield

  Mean, Self, Doubt

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• Addiction, self-sabotage, procrastination, laziness, rage, chronic fatigue, and depression are all ways that we withhold our full participation in the program of life we are offered. When the conscious mind cannot find a reason to say no, the unconscious says no in its own way.

  Charles Eisenstein

  Procrastination, Self, Addiction

  Charles Eisenstein (2013). “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible”, p.2, North Atlantic Books

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• We need to ascend beyond our own petty Resistance, our own negative self-judgment and self-sabotage, our own "I'm not worthy" mind-set.

  Steven Pressfield

  Self, Mind, Negative

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• Withholding love is a form of self-sabotage, as what we withhold from others we are withholding from ourselves.

  Marianne Williamson

  Love Is, Self, Form

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from May 19, 2012

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• Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.

  Steven Pressfield

  Self, Definitions, Resistance

  Steven Pressfield (2002). “The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles”, p.18, Black Irish Entertainment LLC

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

  Eric Hoffer

  Respect, Gratitude, Hands

  "Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: 'Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely'". The New York Times Magazine, p.52, April 25, 1971.

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• I am really fascinated by self-sabotage. I think that there's not a person I know who doesn't fall victim to it. It's essential to the human condition, and relatable.

  Kit Williamson

  Fall, Thinking, Self

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.

  Steven Pressfield

  Struggle, Procrastination, Adversity

  "From Cabbie to Best-Selling Author: Steve Pressfield on ‘Turning Pro’" by Greg Clarkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2012.

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• Art is a war - between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work. The artist is a warrior.

  Steven Pressfield

  Art, War, Self

  "10 Questions with Steven Pressfield, Author of The War of Art". Interview with Jeff Goins, goinswriter.com. May 11, 2011.

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• Like most other creatives, I struggle with self-sabotage, self-doubt, and feeling like an imposter more often than not. I struggle with expressing myself, because it does sometimes feel easier or safer not to.

  Jeff Jarvis

  Life, Happy, Struggle

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• Chicken exits are self-sabotage. They give you a false explanation for why you don't have something you want.

  Ali Vincent

  Self, Giving, Want

  Ali Vincent (2009). “Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life”, p.109, Rodale

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• Self-sabotage is the smartest thing you can do if you're sabotaging a self that is not really you.

  Armand DiMele

  Failure, Self, Sabotage

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• This is how women self-sabotage and self-destruct. Unless we have constant witnesses to our hard work, we are convinced we pull off every day of our lives through smoke and mirrors. (27)

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Hard Work, Mirrors, Self

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• Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of having trusted and been fooled, of being helpless prey to impotent rage, blind surrender, the victim of a savage, ruthless power that gives and takes away, enlists a man, drops him, promises and betrays, and -crowning injury- inflicts on him the humiliation of feeling sorry for himself.

  Paul Valery

  Sorry, Men, Giving

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• I don't know an actor who hasn't let himself down at some point. I imagine it's the same in politics. There's always the potential to self sabotage.

  Corey Stoll

  Self, Actors, Imagine

  Source: deadline.com

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• I don't want to completely self-sabotage everything that I've got and alienate everyone. But I definitely want to take some chances as I always have.

  Katy Perry

  Self, Want, Chance

  "Katy Perry: 'I still believe in love' after Brand". Interview with Ryan Pearson, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. June 26, 2012.

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• My first kiss was with a girlfriend. And it was at a party. I think I was hopeful that that would happen, but I didn't plan it. You know, honestly, I think if there's a little too much planning, it's almost just like self-sabotage. Because then, you want it to go a certain way and it just doesn't. And then you're like, 'Awww, why!?!'

  Tyler Blackburn

  Girlfriend, Party, Kissing

  "Exclusive Interview: PLL's Tyler Blackburn". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. February 22, 2011.

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