Quotes About Self-perception

We are whatever we pretend to be.

I believe I'm below average. It's a deliberate, cultivated belief to compensate for our tendency to think we're above average.

job descriptions as self-descriptions.

Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself.

The power broker in your life is the voice that no one ever hears. How well you revisit the tone and content of your private voice is what determines the quality of your life. It is the master storyteller, and the stories we tell ourselves are our reality. For instance, how do you speak to yourself when you make a mistake that upsets you? Would you speak that way to a dear friend when they've made a mistake? If not, you have work to do. Trust me, we all have work to do.

We are free only when it is we ourselves who draw the line between when we are seen and when we are not seen.

Lo specchio serve alla donna che si sè, della sua età, non si fida. Ma tu che bisogno ne hai? Sei tu lo specchio più bello di te stessa

Identity is how I want others to see me and thus always involves a capitulation to one form of social authority or another. Despite the feeling that we really are this identity, it is not the product of our freedom. It is a capitulation to the dictates of the social order. We do not make ourselves who we are, but social and natural determinations structure our identity.

There's just this empty shell, pretending to be human." "That's not true." I wished she could see herself the way I saw her- not some cold, distant model, but the girl who'd IM'd me and kept me from being alone. You're the most sincere, passionate, real person I've ever met." "I don't think that person exists anymore" "She does," I said. "I'm talking to her

Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool.

Burns notes the catch-22 nature of depression: The worse we feel, the more distorted our thoughts become, and this thinking plunges us even lower into black feelings about ourselves. Nearly

Alan parafraseó la cita y la llevaba siempre en su billetera: "En el preciso instante en que todos dicen lo grande que es uno, es cuando uno se torna en más vulnerable". Walt la había llamado la "Zona Roja". Alan se imaginó que ya se encontraba en la Zona Roja y estaba determinado a evitar sus peligros.

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

It never occurred to me that I looked like a movie star.

I just wanted to be an actress. It never occurred to me that I could become famous, because I'm not one of those people who's automatically going to be the lead. I always saw myself as the mate.

Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or writing music, or talking about music. I don't do that 24 hours a day. I'm also a father, a son, a husband, a citizen - I mean, when I go to vote, I'm not thinking of myself as 'a musician.'

It never occurred to me that I'm intimidating.

I don't go around thinking I'm attractive or not attractive. It has never occurred to me. People don't think like that where I come from... No one has ever said, 'Oh, he's a good-looking bloke.' They just didn't use those words about men.

I don't consider myself to be incredibly confident, or really lacking in confidence. When you're on Jonathan Ross' or Graham Norton's show, inevitably there's something to sell. And there's a live audience; you're sat between Cameron Diaz and Tinie Tempah - I don't really see it as 'me.' It would be odd if it was.

I think I'm a bit odd.

My parents wanted to name me Karim Hill. My aunt always liked the name Dule, from this actor Keir Dullea, who was in '2001: Space Odyssey.' That's how I got the name Karim Dule Hill. Growing up, I never liked the name Karim because people would ask me, 'Could you dunk like Kareem Abdul Jabbar?'

I took great offence at a journalist who called me blokeish. I have always seen myself as metrosexual and in touch with my feminine side.

I would be happy to live in a world with no mirrors, but at the same time, it's great to look good on stage because you feel you're offering more than just the music.

I don't see myself as a rock star. I don't see myself in that way. I'm interested in work that offers some sort of critical dialogue.