Quotes About Self-perception

A lot of people question my image and why I do what I do, and the answer is because this is how I want to present myself.

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.

I'm a woman, and every woman wants to be skinnier - unfortunately.

Identity issues are hardwired into the way I think about character - it's almost as if I can't get away from them even if I want to.

I don't see myself as legendary. If you want a legend, talk about someone like Duke Kahanamoku.

People want to look taller and thinner. No one says, 'Ooh! Let me buy that dress because it makes me feel matronly!'

Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

Everyone wants to be perceived a certain way, to gain the things that they have decided are the things that they want in their life.

You know what the hardest thing is? What nobody wants to understand -- is me. People want their memories of me to be my memories of me. But you know what? They're not.

People let their frustrations out on me. I love Kanye West. They say the opposite of that. But I'm not going to say that. I'm only going to say what I'm want to put into the universe.

Definitely avoid going out with ugly girls who say they want to be models. Not because they're ugly, but because they're mad".

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.

I've been tiny since I was four, and I eat whatever I want.

I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.

I definitely don't do stomach, because nobody wants to see that.

Children do not see themselves as shocking or surprising and do not want other people to do so.

the soul is never as strong as it believes itself, nor ever as weak as it fears.

how much a person's identity depends on what role he is playing.

Kessa ran her fingers over her stomach. Flat. But was it flat enough? Not quite. She still had some way to go. Just to be safe, she told herself. Still, it was nice the way her pelvic bones rose like sharp hills on either side of her stomach. I love bones. Bones are beautiful.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

I felt gaunt and old and hideous; all this without a mirror before me, other than his eyes.

Thomas Merton asked, "What am I?" and answered, "I am myself a word spoken by God." How we perceive ourselves, who we think ourselves to be, determines the direction of our lives and shapes our relationships. To

One of the most important lessons she'd recently learned was that looking strong and confident was sometimes all the people required of you.