Top 1200 Understanding Myself Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

The word 'guru' is very loaded, so I would never refer to myself that way. I see myself as a teacher.

I'm keeping myself to myself. And I like it that way. I'm not hunting. I'm the opposite of a - what would a male cougar be? Is there such a thing? Whatever it is, I'm not that.

I always feel kind of awkward when I look at pictures of myself. Watching videos of myself is really uncomfortable.

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

In the beginning of my career I was so tough on myself, because I knew I had to cement my brand, and I wasn't very kind to myself.

A guy like myself wants to make a play and be the difference, but the thing is I have to keep saying to myself to just do what I can.

I had no immediate knowledge of the world of Batman at all. I'm quite incubated. I just keep myself to myself and my dog.

I would work all day and then go the gym in the evening. I owed it to myself to take care of myself.

I watched myself get drafted by myself. I walked out of my own draft party because I was a little frustrated.

I would do a sort of violence to myself if I didn't express myself in the directly creative ways of writing, both words and music.

I used to be pretty hard on myself, like, if I didn't like a haircut I did on someone, I would think about it a lot and second-guess myself. But after therapy and a lot of work, I know how to dust myself off a lot faster, and those things don't knock me down as much as they used to.

I have immense confidence in myself. I consider myself lucky that I have had a slow journey and there have been ups and downs in it.

By middle school, I said to myself that it's time I begin to speak. I joined the choir, not because I wanted to. I forced myself.

If I start mining for opinions on hundreds of websites that have fan forums, I'll be totally distorted in my view of myself. I'll lose myself in all that.

There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

I do have that personality where I like to have fun and enjoy life, so I have to make sure I tone myself down when I'm expressing myself.

I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.

I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical.

So what if nobody came? I’ll have all the ice cream and tea, And I’ll laugh with myself, And I’ll dance with myself, And I’ll sing, “Happy Birthday to me!

In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself.

As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.

I'm just being myself, honestly. I know society puts it, Oh, this is masculine and this is feminine. I don't put myself in categories.

I don't take myself that seriously, I'm taking the piss out of myself. I can't really beat up guys, it's fun!

It is far more important to know myself and take care of myself than it is to look good to others.

I lock my door upon myself, And bar them out; but who shall wall Self from myself, most loathed of all?

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity or anybody, you know. I just think of myself as doing something that I love to do.

I always feel kind of awkward when I look at pictures of myself. Watching videos of myself is really uncomfortable.

It's about gaining that confidence back in myself. Believing in myself more than others may believe.

I paint for myself. I don't know how to do anything else, anyway. Also I have to earn my living, and occupy myself.

I never want to restrict myself and say I'm at my ultimate peak, I'm always looking to take myself to a higher level.

In my determination to avoid failure, I set myself a goal to work towards, that is, to transform myself into a running machine.

I had to relearn how to love myself by forgetting the opinions of everyone else and focusing on my opinion of myself.

I've never thought of myself as a female engineer or founder or a woman in tech. I just think of myself as someone who's passionate.

I feel an obligation to myself to entertain myself and if other people get something out of it, I'm like, right on.

I've got an overactive, analytical brain. I get frustrated, impatient, angry with myself. I swear at myself a lot.

I talk to myself everyone once in a while. Give myself very good advice. Sometimes I even take it.

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I make some movies for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can't imagine that I'm an audience member. I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience. There are other types of genre films that I need to be able to direct from the audience, to be right next to you watching the picture being made.

The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.

I don't view myself as a victim of gun violence. I view myself as a victim of a maniac who happened to use a gun as a tool, and I view myself as a victim of the legislators at the time who left me defenseless.

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

I just had to learn to look at it as a job, as opposed to identifying myself as a model and thinking of myself as a part of this industry.

I'm not really interested in myself in my writing. I can't see myself in the songs, even though I know different parts of me are there.

I think everyone knows that I keep myself to myself and I don't get involved in trash talk or anything else.

You get a lot of people requesting photographs but I tend to keep myself to myself, pull my cap down.

I owe it to myself to not sell myself short by taking a pay cut just to go to another organization.

Whenever I have faced a setback I have dusted myself down and got on with the rest of my life because I believed in myself.

I try to keep myself as sane and as grounded as possible by surrounding myself with normal people, such as all the friends that I've had from when I was little.

There are cases when I can make myself better off by restricting my future choices and commit myself to a specific course of action.

I censored myself for 50 years when I was a reporter. Now I wake up and ask myself, 'Who do I hate today?'

Maybe by nature and because of my past I protect myself. The minute I feel any tension I take myself away.

I am now willing to forgive myself . . . for believing I could offer something to others before I have offered it to myself.

I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.

Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.

Don't you feel the same way? When I cannot see myself, even though I touch myself, I wonder if I really exist.

At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself.

I don't want to be on the other side of the table from the customer. I was never selling anything that I didn't believe in myself or use myself.

I don't necessarily see myself or consider myself an activist, but I feel like I have a platform, and I'm going to utilize it to the best of my ability.

I needed to get to know myself, discover where my limits were, not constantly push myself too much.

I really preferred the characters I could totally create by myself, because I always think of myself as an actor first.