Self-Betrayal Quotes

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

Peoples which bastardize themselves, or let themselves be bastardized, sin against the will of eternal Providence.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else.

The lies we tell ourselves are the most subtle of all lies.

Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to be both deceived and betrayed by their own selves.

First, do not betray yourself. Second, do not betray those you lead.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.

We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves.

We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.

In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the good of the hypothetical whole. I believed in the tongue instead of the fist. As an armor against oppression I taught patience and faith in the human soul. I know now how wrong I was. I have been a traitor to myself and to my people. All that is rot.

There's nothing worse than betraying yourself.

There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into the hands of his enemy, when he trusts you. You can break a promise. The question is, if you do any of those things, are you also betraying yourself?

Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. It can be so, sometimes.

That's life: trust and you're betrayed; don't trust and you betray yourself.

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.

Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.

I will not be alone if I am my true self. Only by trading my true self for the companionship of another have I ever made myself alone. Because when I gave up my real self, I wound up resenting my "significant other" for "making me" do that-and it was this resentment that ate away at our relationship.

The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

While overeating would be seen by some as an indulgence of self, it is in fact a profound rejection of self. It is a moment of self-betrayal and self-punishment, and anything but a commitment to one's own well-being.