Quotes About Self-perception

What is self-esteem? Self-esteem!

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Henry glanced hastily at the mirror. Yes, he did look rather old. He must have overdone some of the lines on his forehead. He looked something between a youngish centenarian and a nonagenarian who had seen a good deal of trouble.

Se llamaba Antonio López Pérez, aunque le gustaba que oficialmente se le conociera como Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebr

This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.

Sometimes I'm afraid the main reason I spend half of my life outdoors is simply because there aren't any mirrors.

You must see yourself as you want others to see you,

God, she was a sight. Just watching her made his heart beat faster. Did she have any idea how beautiful she was, or had a life of working in pantsuits and facing down society's violent assholes left her unaware of her own feminine appeal?

The world can't decide what's beautiful. So you decide, okay?

Verla says that nobody thinks of himself as a villain. Even the nastiest person thinks that he is in the right.

If you could just see your face," she told me. "You look like a cat in a bathtub.

My soul was a lot more battered than my body, but I couldn't see it in the mirror. Hopefully no one else could either.

Want to explain to the kid that I'm more a Spike than a Buffy? A villain, not a superhero?

The thought of herself as decoration was absurd.

the snapshot of yourself that you present to others must be compelling… or at least not negative.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

and he was absolutely not a selas sort.

Bast said. "The truth is deeper than that. It's..." Bast floundered for a moment. "It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Todos nos contamos una historia sobre nosotros mismos. Siempre. Continuamente. Esa historia es lo que nos convierte en lo que somos. Nos construimos a nosotros mismos a partir de esa historia.

That's basic psychology. You dress a beggar in fine clothes, people treat him like a noble, and he lives up to their expectations." "That's only the smallest piece of it," Bast said. "The truth is deeper than that. It's…" Bast floundered for a moment. "It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Jeder erzählt in seinem eigenen Kopf eine Geschichte über sich. Ununterbrochen. Die ganze Zeit. Und diese Geschichte macht einen zu dem, der man ist. Wir gründen unser ganzes Leben auf diese Geschichte.

Hay dos cosas que deben recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres. —Dejó de pasearse y nos miró—. La segunda es que hasta el nombre más sencillo es tan complejo que su mente jamás podría tantear siquiera sus límites, y mucho menos entenderlo lo bastante bien para pronunciarlo.

Everyone knows a man's reputation except the man himself.