Quotes About Self-perception

We naturally see our virtues with clearer eyes than we see our defects.

Meir the eunuch clutched his naked chin where a beard should have grown.

Ella se miro en los mil pedazos rotos del espejo. Su piel, iluminada por las velas, tenfa el color irreal de las figuras de cera. Miguel comenzo a acariciarla y ella vio transformarse su rostro en el caleidoscopio del espejo y acepto al fin que era la mas bella de todo el universe porque pudo verse con los ojos que la miraba Miguel.

Inside, I feel good. I feel charming, seductive, sexy. Nobody else sees that.

El espejo, como las fotografías, era un enemigo inclemente, porque la mostraban inmóvil con sus defectos expuestos sin atenuante.

By Hollywood standards I'm still fat: until you are zero, you are big. I do get cold a lot now. I used to have a lot of layers - now I got to get a fur coat.

Is my strike zone bigger than others? Yeah. It might be bigger than others, but I don't have a problem with it.

The philosophy behind much advertising is based on the old observation that every man is really two men - the man he is and the man he wants to be.

I think I look good out there. I'm strong, powerful, and artistic. But I have my doubts as much as anyone.

A man is a kind of inverted thermometer, the bulb uppermost, and the column of self-valuation is all the time going up and down.

I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.

Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but to touch upon his sense of humour is to give him mortal affront.

Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.

Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.

You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.

I try not to go around looking like a hag.

I don't have a supermodel body. I'm always trying to hide something.

I play the baritone horn - which is like a mini tuba, and is the least sexy instrument you can choose, and I generally say I don't play one so I don't have to acknowledge it. I also play fife.

I remember times putting on my shirt and having to tuck my stomach in because I didn't like the way it looked.

In my head, I have the most sensational singing voice. I perform concerts to thousands in the shower. The reality is I can hold a tune. The dream is a West End musical one day - no, really!

I don't have a terrible singing voice, but I also wouldn't call it 'good.' I can carry a tune.

I had a turbulent relationship with my calves, but I love them now because I realize that they were never the problem.

I was sort of shocked when it all of a sudden turned out that I got all A's through college, with the exception of two B's in the first term. I never envisaged myself as summa cum laude.

Something magical happened when I turned 25 - I looked in the mirror and was like, 'You might not get carded for an R-rated movie anymore.' Like I didn't have a little stick figure anymore.