306 Quotes About Self-image

The glorification of self-image is the pox that permeates all facets of America’s epoxy culture.

...but doth not the person who expends vast sums in the furniture of his house or the ornaments of his person, who consumes much time and employs great pains in dressing himself, or who thinks himself paid for self-denial, labour, or even villany, by a title or a ribbon, sacrifice as much to vanity as the poor wit who is desirous to read you his poem or his play?

To look in the mirror and smile is a challenge for many people. Those who do so without the slightest scowl are indeed fortunate.

I look in the mirror and see myself,and yet I really don’t.Only an image is perceived,not things I will or things I won’t.Ideas in my mind I cannot see.No glimpse of how I feel.Shreds of emotion shape my gaze,but depth, the mirror will not reveal.I see my reflection colored in,my hair, my skin, my eyes.Hues in my heart and shades of thoughtremain unlit by fire or skies.I smile at the mirror and watch it grin,hasty to copy me, but who I am ‘twill never know.Mirrors don’t reflect identities.

The greater self-confidence an individual possesses, the less inclined he is to put down others. This says a lot about those who constantly belittle.

A princess once carefully kissed a porcupine to be kind, upon which he began to think himself a prince. He then dressed like a prince, behaved like a prince, and announced himself to be a prince. The world, therefore, saw him as such, and so a porcupine prince he was. (Of course, most were reluctant to argue with him otherwise.)

After all, we are the absolute bosses of that whole theater and show in our minds. We even write the script. So always write positive, dynamic scripts and show only the best movies for you on that screen whether you are pimp or priest.

No one outside yourself can give you happiness or self-confidence.

Greatness demands that I understand that I am not nearly as big as I thought myself to be, but that I am capable of becoming far bigger than I ever imagined myself to be.