SELF 自我

A self-made man has no one to blame but himself.

自力成功的人除了怪自己外誰都別怪。

Far too frequently in this life we are interested in only three persons: me, myself and I.

在今生今世我們常常只對三個人感興趣：敝人、我自己、我。

The man who lives only for himself runs a very small business.

光為自己活的人只能做些雞毛蒜皮的小事而以。

The most common disease in the world is 'I' trouble.

世上最常見的疾病就是「我」的毛病。

No man can really at one and the same time call attention to himself and glorify God.

Louis Benes

沒有人真能同時注意自己以及榮耀上帝。

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

Thomas Brooks

主啊！拯救我脫離那惡者，就是我自己。

Self is the chief end of every natural man.

Stephen Charnock

自我是任何天然人最關切的對象。

Self-interest, of course, is the lowest form of motivation for doing what is morally right.

Mort Crim

無庸質疑的，自己的興趣是讓人做所謂正確道德抉擇的最低一層動機。

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Benjamin Disraeli

跟一個人談談他自己，他會聽你說上幾個小時。

If you must talk of yourself, let it be behind your own back.

George Eliot

如果你真要談你自己，就讓它在你背後談。

Self is the destruction of safety and sanctity alike.

Richard Glover

強調自我讓人失去平安與尊嚴。

Self often stands concealed in the shadows of the unconscious.

E. Stanlet Jones

自我經常隱藏在無意識的陰影下。

The self-centred are the self-disrupted.

E. Stanlet Jones

自我中心就是自我分裂。

We never say that self is dead; were we to do so, self would be laughing at us round the corner.

F. B. Meyer

我們永遠不要說自我死了；如果這樣說，自我會在角落嘲笑我們。

I have read more trouble with D. L. Moody than with any man I ever met.

D. L. Moody

我跟慕迪相處的問題遠超過跟任何人相處。

I have read of many wicked popes, but the worst pope I ever met with is Pope Self.

John Newton

我看過許多壞的教皇，但我見過最壞的那位教皇是「自我的教皇」

The man who lives by himself and for himself is apt to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

Charles H. Parkhurst

一個藉著自己也為自己而活的人容易被他的同伴拖垮。

The personal pronoun 'I', might well be the coat of arms of some individuals.

Antoine Rivarol

「我」這個人的代名詞，能成為不少人的甲冑。

Beware of no man more than yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

C. H. Spurgeon

要留心你自己勝過任何人；在我們裡面常帶著我們最可怕的敵人。

So subtle is self that scarcely anyone is ware of its presence.

A. W. Tozer

自我實在難以察覺，很少人能察覺它的出現。

We cannot forever hide the truth about ourslves, from ourselves.

Jon Maccain

我們無法永遠無法對自己隱瞞真實的自己。

Your biggest competitor is your own view of your future.

Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor

你最大的對手是你如何看待自己的未來。

Never feel self-pity, the most destructive emotion there is. How awful to be caught up in the terrible squirrel cage of self.

Millicent Fenwick

千萬不要自憐，這是最具破壞性的事情。把自己困在可怕的內心牢籠中，該是多糟糕的事。

Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Gather Together in My Name

初期的自憐像鴨絨褥墊那麼舒適，只有在它變硬後才會令人不舒服。