on oneself

Idioms  

1. see take it upon oneself.

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Example Sentences

“Statements of shared values still matter, but only when they are backed by the ability to say no without inflicting debilitating harm on oneself,” she said in a piece for Policy Magazine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Stockmann is clearly identified with Ibsen as an intrepid truth-teller, but one of the playwright’s central tenets is that a writer must “sit in judgment on oneself.”

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe so, I replied, but hearing oneself described in unflattering terms was a penance paid in working on oneself.

From Slate

“It’s so easy to completely tear yourself apart in this moment, to be so down on oneself as part of this whole thing,” she said.

From New York Times

For this week’s episode of Working Overtime, hosts June Thomas and Isaac Butler discuss a listener’s query about how much importance one should grant “working on oneself.”

From Slate