Quotes About Self-consciousness

Our response to Jesus Christ will be total the day we experience how total is his love for us. Instead of our self-conscious efforts to be good, we should allow ourselves the luxury of letting ourselves be loved by God. And much of his love for us will be expressed through the medium of our friends' love for us. How else could he reveal it in a way that is tangible? "You are my friends if you do what I command. . . . This is my command: Love each other" (John 15:14, 17).

In Christ Jesus freedom from fear empowers us to let go of the desire to appear good, so that we can move freely in the mystery of who we really are. Preoccupation with projecting the "nice guy" image, impressing newcomers with our experience, and relying heavily on the regard of others leads to self-consciousness, sticky pedestal behavior, and unfreedom in the iron grip of human respect.

He knew soon enough that it was of himself he was afraid, and that even, if he didn't take care, he should infallibly be more so.

I hate having my picture taken. Ten years ago, I stopped having a good side.

I wouldn't want to get my pigeon chest out in front of anyone. I don't think the world needs it. I'd probably get a yellow card anyway.

I remember wearing a mix of orange and yellow color salwar kameez for my first Kannada film, Maharaja.' It looked absolutely hideous and it was very embarrassing for me to sport that outfit.

I was a wallflower when I was younger, and at a young age, I was too embarrassed. So I didn't start dancing until around 20, and obviously when you're in a boy band, you kinda have to.

We should have scant notion of the gardens of these New England colonists in the seventeenth century were it not for a cheerful traveller named John Josselyn, a man of everyday tastes and much inquisitiveness, and the pleasing literary style which comes from directness, and an absence of self-consciousness.

Fashion designers only occasionally tread outside the realm of clothes as pure commodity. When they do, the results are often a muddled, self-conscious message.

It's odd with people who are shy: they never quite learn how to speak, to feel at home with words in their mouths.

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.

I suppose it's more unnerving to be a boy than a girl,' she conceded.'It's the boys who have to make fools of themselves.

I can't stand my legs, for a start, and you rarely see me in skirts.

I like to wear sleeves because they cover up my arms.

I was 26 when I went to my first acting class. I'm naturally quite shy. I'm a quite private person. There's this really strange acting class in New York called Black Nexxus. For someone who's slightly shy or self-conscious, it's the most frightening thing you can do.

I'm not a big texter anyway. I'm really slow at it and so I try to avoid it to avoid embarrassment, you know what I mean?

Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.

The smaller an audience is, the more self-conscious they are. People are always looking at each other to see who is laughing. Because the thing about laughter is that it exposes who you are.

I'm dancing with people I've never met before and there's definitely been times where maybe I haven't shaved or I hope I smell alright.

I wouldn't wear turtlenecks. That I'm not envious of. But who knows? I might sneak out a few things and hope and pray that no one says, 'Hey, didn't you wear that when you were playing an enormous geek on TV?'

man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind

Il avait encore la peau recouverte d'acné juvénile et, pour que ça ne se voie pas, il portait sur son visage le masque de la révolte.

Sebagai remaja, dulu, memang betul ia sering tersipu-sipu; ketika itu dia sedang di titik berangkat perjalanan fisiologis perempuan, dan tubuhnya sedang berubah menjadi benda yang membebaninya dan membuatnya malu. Sebagai orang dewasa, dia sudah lupa caranya tersipu-sipu. Kemudian hembusan panas mengabarkan padanya akhir perjalanan itu, dan sekali lagi dia malu akan tubuhnya. Dalam suasana rasa malu yang tergugah kembali, dia pun belajar lagi cara tersipu-sipu.

I blush to think of her beholding my work, Verl confessed. So do we, Newel assured him.