Johnson asserted the power of intellect and self-will over mind and body.
They had appealed to the conscience, intellect and self-interest of the ruling classes.
The executive is also known for his sharp intellect and self-deprecating wit, something that typically plays wells with audiences.
But he finds himself quickly, and he finds the gentleness, decency and self-awareness in Hal, not to mention his stubborn intellect and self-deprecating humor.
What he captures, though, is the character's mix of sardonic intellect and self-loathing as he contemplates a wasted life and the emotional wreckage he has created.
And several people who know him said that while his quick intellect and self-confidence might have sometimes come across as argumentative, he used it to defend the BBC.
The National Review founder was personally highbrow, but he was more than happy to yoke his intellect and self-conscious intellectualism to small-d democratic enthusiasms: Buckley began his writing life, after all, as a quasi-apologist for Joe McCarthy and ended his career as a great friend to Rush Limbaugh.
But his earnest, even genial exhortation of the ideals of intellect and self-reliance remains persuasive.
Has this jealousy lead you to self consciousness and insecurity to the extent that you have lost all confidence in yourself, in your looks, intellect and your overall self esteem is at an all-time low.
Development of the intellect and understanding the self are extended to nurturing the development of others and participation in civic life, all of which provide different kinds of satisfaction the close personal relationships found in the Relationship and Material Well-being factor.
A soldier-scholar known for his intellect and almost ascetic self-discipline, Mr. Petraeus earned celebrity status for a counterinsurgency strategy that helped turn around the war in Iraq, and for applying that doctrine — which he had helped devise — in Afghanistan after Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was fired by President Obama.
