Top 1200 Understanding Myself Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

I have won important things for myself, but I'm going to destroy them, because I tell myself they have lost their meaning. I know that is not true. I know they are important, and that if I destroy them, I'll be destroying myself, as well.

Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.

I will walk by myself and cure myself in the sunshine and the wind.

I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist.

I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.

I don't really think of myself or picture myself as a Hollywood person.

If you have total freedom to design, you won't get anything interesting. So I give myself restraints in order to kind of push myself through, to create something new. It's the torture that I give myself, the pain and the struggle that I go through. So it's self-given, but that's the only way, I think, to make a strong, good new creation.

I think it's because I'm so hard on myself that I can push myself this far.

I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.

When I pictured myself in the NBA, I always imagined myself with an older guy taking me under his wing.

I've always allowed myself to go on journeys creatively and emotionally, and never put, like, limits on myself.

I hated myself, but I also loved myself in a hateful way.

I'm going to focus on myself and continue to get myself better because I have plenty of things I need to work on.

I don't consider myself a skilled enough instrumentalist to be able to create the atmosphere that I want with just my guitar by myself.

I just know that I don't want cheating. I refuse. I deepened myself but I don't believe in myself because my thought is invented.

I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.

Society loves to put bubbles up there and pop them, and I resent it. I'd rather expose myself myself.

If I call myself an actor, it sounds like I'm trying to pass myself off as someone who went to drama school.

I'm not a good businessman and I don't promote myself particularly well. It's best I don't talk to anybody lest I alienate myself.

I feel sexy when I'm taking care of myself and not depriving myself.

My life has been devoted to trying to bring a little more understanding to human sexuality - not just in society, but also inside myself. The struggle has been internal as well as external. One of the reasons that I have such tremendous satisfaction at this point in my life is because I know I've made a difference. I've made a difference in a way that really matters to me. I see a lot of terrible things going on in the world, but there are some good things going on too, and I feel I've been a part of that. I really do feel I have been on the side of the angels.

In all the poems I've written I've not really engaged in politics, and when I've found myself moving in that direction I've always stopped myself.

I've never seen myself as sexy. I see myself as a goofball.

I'm talented, I know what I want, and I believe in myself, and I'm true to myself.

I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.

I don't think of myself as an American; I see myself as a human being.

I had to detach myself from myself, if that makes any sense, to conjure an authentic first-person voice. In that sense, it was similar to writing a first-person novel. But I was writing about real people, not fictional ones - myself, my family, my friends and boyfriends and ex-husband, and that was extremely tricky.

I know that I'm in grime, but I had to separate myself and do things myself.

I really believe in myself. That's why I keep challenging myself.

Back in 1994 I really didn't enjoy myself, but for the last couple of years I have enjoyed myself much more.

I'm very strict with myself. I'm an Aries and sort of a challenge to myself.

By rubbing up against the world, I define myself to myself.

I turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself.

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.

I try to keep my artistic opinions not so much "to myself" but "on myself."

My depression was mild, and I could treat it by myself and pick myself up again. But some people aren't that lucky.

I need to learn how to stop destroying myself, stop being hard on myself and be nice to myself. I need to keep telling myself that I need to keep wanting something, something nice, something warm[so] I can make other people happy. I can understand other people's pain because I can love even after all that is left of me is gone because I have that strength.

If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying.

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.

I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.

James Remar is a student of life. I'm expressing myself by acting. I'm learning about myself and making a living.

I had the luxury of falling down a few times and picking myself up as a stronger version of myself.

Forgiveness is a gift to myself. I forgive, and I set myself free.

I'll never give myself an A since I ask a lot from myself.

I have to constantly remind myself that no one is perfect and that this is my journey, and I have to be kind to myself.

The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself.

I love being able to play myself if I fancy, and take myself off as soon as I've had enough.

I don't sit around and read papers about myself. If I see myself on TV, if I don't like it, I change the channel.

I identify myself as a explorer, do new things, surprise myself.

When I got into the league, guys didn't expect me to be as quick and fast as I was. I think it was myself holding myself back.

I'm happy with myself. I respect myself. And I know that no man, no jeans, no scale, and no booker is in control of my future - I am.

I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking.

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.

I’ve tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed.

I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses.

I like to challenge myself, to compare myself against the best.

Bleachers comes from a different place. It's personal. It's just me putting myself out there as myself. It's very intense.