Quotes About Self-perception

and I had passed forty the previous year, I could no longer expect to look young.

I believe how you looked was supposed to mean, something graver, more substantial: I'd gaze at my poor face and think, "It's still not there." Apparently I still do. What isn't there? Beauty? Not likely. Wisdom? Less. Is how we live or try to live supposed to embellish us? All I see is the residue of my other, failed faces. But maybe what we're after is just a less abrasive regard: not "It's still not there," but something like "Come in, be still.

I am not a fool just because the whole world thinks I look like one.

One could say, with a little exaggeration, that the persona is that which in reality one is not, but which oneself as well as others think one is.

?tiu c? prin ceea ce scriu nu pot schimba o lume gre?it?, dar pot schimba atitudinea gre?it? a lumii fa?? de mine.

I can't expand to my highest potential because I'd be an even bigger burden than I am now.

The line between true self and feigned self is blurred on all sides.

Las manchas son aún peores cuando eres el único que puede verlas.

In my mind, I am bold and forthright, but what comes out always seems to be so meek and polite.

When exactly had the mirror stopped singing her praises and started whispering her doubts? And why had she gone back to it day after day? Why had she asked a mirror—or anyone for that matter—to tell her who she was? But then again, why do any of us?

Legion hissed like a startled cat, the noise scraping at Reyes's skin. "Me no boy. You think me a boy?" Everyone stopped, stared. Even Aeron. Reyes was the first to find his voice. "You're a…girl?" A nod. "Me pretty." "Yes, you are." Reyes exchanged a glance with Lucien. "Beautiful.

He doesn't yet understand the outside is a shell for all of us. My beauty is on the inside, where it never fades.

Her gaze strayed to Kane's friends. What had they thought of her at first glance? She's been slung over Kane's shoulder, so... probably not much. "I'm really quite wonderful," she muttered.

I'm William, but you can call me Sexy. Everyone does.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

The mirror is not you. The mirror is you looking at yourself.

Sometimes, when you crave certain feelings, you'll trick yourself into thinking the other person is something other than what he appears.

Con lei pensò Yves, con insolita irritazione bisognerebbe essere sempre psicologicamente in smoking. E io, ahimè, non posso permettermelo

You mustn't mind so much. It's all in your head. Well, I live in my head.

We may love our chains and our stripes too.

He had always thought of himself as a muddler, a sufferer, a victim.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

You show me someone who can't understand people and I'll show you someone who has built up a false image of himself.

You show me someone who can't understand people and I'll show you someone who has built up a false image of himself—no offense intended.