Quotes About Self-acknowledgment

You should seek approval from yourself.

Why do people need awards? Don't you know your value and your worth? I don't need anybody's award or acceptance.

I winked at my own littleness, as people do at their own faults.

I'm not the one to pat myself on the back or even need somebody else to give me credit, but I listen to a lot of Hip Hop now and I hear the Too $hort influence.

I mean that what makes me a professional, but the market itself has been fabulous during this whole period and I've got to give the market credit before I give myself credit.

I'm Brian a lot more than I'm Paul Walker, which is awesome. When I hear, 'Hey Paul Walker!' my hair stands up on the back of my neck. It's uncomfortable. But when I hear, 'It's Brian!' it's cool. I like Brian.

Stephen, Stephen, Stephen. My name is Stephen.

People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.

You either like or don't like people warts and all. You've got to look yourself in the mirror. I don't like all the aspects of what I do and am, or things I've done, but you've got to live with it.

Embrace yourself, in these times, and acknowledge yourself for the extraordinary progress you are making, as a soul, in every waking moment.

I don't think it's good to focus on being celebrated but to celebrate yourself.

When they announce who I am and what I've achieved, I still pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

Everyone is a self-made man. Only the successful admit it.

I'm too ambitious to give another man credit, even if that other man is only myself in disguise.

Real geniuses would like that what we think of ourselves is true.

Do you need someone to make you a paper badge with the word WRITER on it before you can believe you are one? God I hope not.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

The moment you value yourself, the whole world values you.

If you're looking for perfection, look in the mirror. If you find it there, expect it elsewhere.

When others fail to celebrate you, celebrate your own achievements.

Sometimes in life, it has to be enough to be proud of yourself, even if no one else notices.

the person who deserves your gratitude more than anyone else is you.

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.

I think I'm starting to be able to stand a little taller. I feel like I paid my dues and I feel like I deserve to be where I am. I feel like I've worked really hard.