William Stafford Quotes

The most pleasing of all sounds that of your own praise.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves.

I have little patience with anyone who is not self-satisfied. I am always pleased to see my friends, happy to be with my wife and family, but the high spot of every day is when I first catch a glimpse of myself in the shaving mirror.

Self-admiration giveth much consolation.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

I am not one of those guys who pretends not to enjoy his own work.

It's the hardest thing on earth to like yourself, and then when you do, it's a catastrophe. I mean, the people I know who like themselves - I don't want to see them!

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

Every one praises his own saint.

I'm not judging myself; I'm not dissing what I do. I'm proud of what I've done and I'm proud of what I'm working on. I've accomplished something and I'm not going to be ashamed to be happy about what I've done.

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

And yet I am happy. Yes, happy. I swear. I swear that I am happy...What does it matter that I am a bit cheap, a bit foul, and that no one appreciates all the remarkable things about me-my fantasy, my erudition, my literary gift...I am happy that I can gaze at myself, for any man is absorbing-yes, really absorbing! ... I am happy-yes, happy!

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

It's really about being pleased with yourself.

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.

It sounds really arrogant, but my music's my favourite music ever. I prefer it to anyone else's.

My best and worst 'Idol' moments? I don't have a worst 'Idol' moment... I've been spectacular. Yes, I am going to toot my own horn. And then my best moment is every single moment. I'll toot it again!

I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.

I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There's nothing I want to change. I'm pretty happy with what I've got.

Sometimes it's okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, 'That was cool. That made me feel good.'

Many gloat over their own troubles.

A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.