Quotes About Self-image

a cipher, composed entirely of the jumbled reflections of what he thinks other people want to see.

Her hair was a dried-out cornfield and her skin a worn leather handbag. She had resting bitch face, so I knew where I'd gotten it from.

Every time the woman turned her head, it was like she was posing for a picture with an Instagram setting that filtered out humility.

If you think about human nature, our favourite pair of shoes are the ones we bought yesterday, our favourite thing is the newest thing that we haveand the thing weve seen the most and for the longest period of time is our reflection in the mirror, so obviously thats going to be our least favourite thing.

Being pretty is fundamentally a passive quality; even when you work at it, you're working at being passive.

But I was just as certain as you, and I was wrong. You may say, "I know I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes." I am here to tell you that you have made more than you think, that some of the core assumptions on which your self-image is built are actually lies. Spend some time using Remem, and you'll find out.

It is a cold and harrowing morning in the life of a man the day he wakes up, looks at himself in the mirror, and finally realizes that he is not, never has been, nor will ever be George Clooney.

If you're public speaking, imagine yourself feeling confident; if you're nervous about a date and thinking, 'I'm gonna be a dork,' picture yourself being funny. Then it will be familiar to your brain.

You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.

It's never enjoyable watching yourself. Because you're never as good looking as you hope you are. You're not expecting to be Penelope Cruz... but I'm a female of the species. I have my hang-ups and all of that.

I'm more on the bigger side, so people don't think I have speed. I'm not the fastest guy, but I guarantee I'm not the slowest.

I spend so much time in front of mirrors as part of my job that I try to avoid them outside work.

But quite honestly, personally, I was much more concerned - I mean, there's not much I can do about my appearance obviously other than spending four hours in hair and makeup.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

Short of spending $10,000, there is nothing you can do to your head to hide the fact that you're going bald.

I've spent my whole life feeling I should watch what I eat but actually don't.

When I met my husband, he had never spent more than £10 on a haircut.

I was obsessed with the Spice Girls! I always wanted to be Sporty. Or Posh, but I wasn't pretty enough.

Being bad. Discomfort with your body. Bad self image. All those things turn you into an artist. The same things that keep you from being in a proper marriage.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.

Approved attributes and their relation to face make every man his own jailer; this is a fundamental social constraint even though each man may like his cell.

. . . man is just what he thinks himself to be . . . He will attract to himself what the thinks most about. He can learn to govern his own destiny when he learns to control his thoughts.

Man can only be what he sees himself to be, and only attain what he sees himself attaining.