Self Help Books Quotes

• I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Hilarious, Sarcastic

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• I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

  Jason Mraz

  Positive, Thinking, Positive Thinking

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• Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy.

  Stephen Fry

  Happiness, Sorry, Cheer Up

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• I went to a bookstore the other day. I asked a woman behind the counter where the self-help books were. She said, ‘If I told you, that would defeat the whole purpose.’

  Brian Kiley

  Book, Self, Purpose

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• I never read a self-help book except for the Bible.

  Jon Heder

  Book, Self, Helping

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• I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.

  Jenna Fischer

  Book, Thinking, Self

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2011.

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• I learned how to believe in myself. Learned how to set goals, you know, self help books man. I just read every single one I can get a hold of, and I still do.

  Drew Carey

  Book, Believe, Men

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• If you have to learn it from a self-help book, you may be beyond help.

  Wes Smith

  Book, Self, May

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• Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.

  Florence King

  Life, Book, Men

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.73, Macmillan

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• Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. Music is powerful. The first few chords can change us where no self-help books can.

  Jane Siberry

  Powerful, Book, Self

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• I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying, 'How To Be Happy, by Stephen Fry: Guaranteed Success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say, 'Stop feeling sorry for yourself--and you will be happy.'

  Stephen Fry

  Sorry, Book, Self

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• Your ability to navigate and tolerate change and its painful uncomfortablene ss directly correlates to your happiness and general well-being. See what I just did there? I saved you thousands of dollars on self-help books. If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier.

  Amy Poehler

  Book, Feet, Self

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• Religions, of course, have their own demanding intellectual traditions, as Jesuits and Talmudic scholars might attest.... But, in its less rigorous, popular forms, religion is about as intellectually challenging as the average self-help book. (Like personal development literature, mass market books about spirituality and religion celebrate emotionalism and denigrate reason. They elevate the "truths" of myths and parables over empiricism.) In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity but a frequent cause of it.

  Wendy Kaminer

  Book, Self, Average

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• You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Love, Book, Self

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• When it comes to achieving your dreams, the excuse "I don't know where to start" is no longer valid. Between the countless self-help books available on Amazon.com and the limitless supply of free articles found through Google, everything you need is just a click away. It's time you go figure it out!

  Hal Elrod

  Dream, Book, Self

  FaceBook post by Hal Elrod from May 19, 2011

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• I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.

  Mike White

  Buddhist, Yoga, Book

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• Depression is a serious problem, but drugs are not the answer. In the long run, psychotherapy is both cheaper and more effective, even for very serious levels of depression. Physical exercise and self-help books based on CBT can also be useful, either alone or in combination with therapy. Reducing social and economic inequality would also reduce the incidence of depression.

  Irving Kirsch

  Running, Book, Exercise

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• No matter what the shrinks, or the pundits, or the self-help books tell you, when it comes to love, it's luck.

  Woody Allen

  Love, Book, Self

  "Fictional character: Robin Simon". "Celebrity", www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.

  Janice Dickinson

  Book, Self, Bird

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• I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go.

  Jason Mraz

  Love, Letting Go, Book

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• I am the first person to go to Barnes & Noble and buy the new self-help book. I like to fill out the surveys, then I get my friends' opinions on how I answered to see if I was being honest with myself or not.

  Jessica Simpson

  Book, Self, Noble

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• Sometimes when I watch my dog, I think about how good life can be, if we only lose ourselves in our stories. Lucy doesn't read self-help books about how to be a dog; she just IS a dog. All she wants to do is chase ducks and sticks and do other things that make both her and me happy. It makes me wonder if that was the intention for man, to chase sticks and ducks, to name animals, to create families, and to keep looking back at God to feed off his pleasure at our pleasure.

  Donald Miller

  Dog, Good Life, Book

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• It is one thing to be a man's wife - quite another to be the mother of his children. In fact, once you become a mother, being a wife seems like a game you once played or a self-help book you were overly impressed with as a teenager that on second reading is puffy with common ideas. This was one of the many things I had learned since crossing over into the middle place - that sliver of time when childhood and parenthood overlap.

  Kelly Corrigan

  Mother, Children, Teenager

  Kelly Corrigan (2008). “The Middle Place”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• Coming into your powers can be a very confusing time. Perhaps there is a book on the subject. If you like, we can go see Marian." Yeah, right. Choices and Changes. A Modern Girl's Guide to Casting. My Mom Wants to Kill Me: A Self-Help Book For Teens.

  Kami Garcia

  Girl, Mom, Book

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• I look at every book as a self-help book.

  Marc Maron

  Book, Self, Looks

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