Quotes About Self-perception

You may look at yourself in the mirror and see negatives, everyone does, but if you take time to look at all the positive things about yourself, you will realize that there are a lot more positive things than negatives...

A girl's sense of her womanly self depends only in part on how closely she has followed her mother's example in attire and actions, or how much she loves or hates or respects her. It is from both parents that a girl gains her basic identity.

Some might say I was seeing things, but the true optical illusion was in seeing others and oneself as undivided and whole, as if being in focus was more real than being out of focus. We thought our reflection in the mirror was who we truly were, when how we saw ourselves and how others saw us was often not the same. Likewise,

I cannot be the only one who believes that if others just saw who I really was, then I would be understood and, perhaps, loved. But what would happen if one took off the mask and the other saw one not with love but with horror, disgust, anger? What if the self that one exposes is as unpleasing to others as the mask, or even worse?

As for the name they called me, it upset me less than my reaction to it.

Pidin itseäni runoilijana. Sinä pidit itseäsi toimittajana. Sinusta minä olin kohtalainen runoilija. Minusta sinä olit kohtalainen toimittaja.

Don't think that you are not good enough; others will think that for you.

Don't wait for respect, just act like an idiot and everyone will respect you.

By changing writing patterns we simultaneously reconfigure the neuropathways in the brain that record our self-image.

No offence Mitch, but you look like s*****." "I feel like s****

A saint likes to be told what he is, but a sinner is a bit touchy.

How do you convince your split personality that he's not real?

So this is what I am Pondering his eyes that could not Conceive that I was a creature to run from I who have always believed too much in words

I am the farthest thing from a computer genius.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Having confidence is so important, because how you see yourself, is how others will see you too.

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.

Confidence doesn't come from thinking you're perfect or flawless. That's arrogance. Confidence comes from appreciating the beauty of your texture.

I've learned over the years that identity has a whole lot less to do with location or other people's expectations than with your own sense of self and self-confidence.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

I know everyone hates when I say this, they think it's a cliché, but if you don't feel good in the bathing suit you're not going to look good. Confidence is really important.

I do not wish to travel around the world. I already have the world trying to travel around me.

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.